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<strong><strong>OF</strong>FICIAL</strong> <strong>MEDIA</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> <strong>AT</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> <strong>BRAZIL</strong> 0
Released: 7 June <strong>2014</strong><br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong><br />
<strong>BRAZIL</strong> TM<br />
<strong><strong>OF</strong>FICIAL</strong> <strong>MEDIA</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong><br />
<strong>AT</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> TM<br />
Version 3 (final)<br />
CONTENTS<br />
Media information 2<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup match schedule 4<br />
Host cities / Brazil profile 6<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup country profiles* 8<br />
Head-to-head 40<br />
Australia’s <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup path 44<br />
Referees* 46<br />
Australia’s squad* 47<br />
Player profiles* 48<br />
Coach profiles* 71<br />
Australian staff 73<br />
Football in Australia* 74<br />
Australian national team history (and records)* 76<br />
Australia – Brazil football connections* 110<br />
AFC Asian Cup Australia 2015* 112<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup history 114<br />
The road to the <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup* 116<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup diary 124<br />
* added or updated from Version 1<br />
Copyright Football Federation Australia <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
All rights reserved. No portion of this product may be reproduced electronically, stored in or introduced into a<br />
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otherwise), without the prior written permission of Football Federation Australia.<br />
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A publication of Football Federation Australia<br />
Content and layout by Andrew Howe<br />
Publication designed to print two pages to a sheet<br />
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<strong>MEDIA</strong> INFORM<strong>AT</strong>ION<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM / <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> <strong>BRAZIL</strong><br />
KEY D<strong>AT</strong>ES<br />
26 May Warm-up friendly: Australia v South Africa (Sydney) 19:30 local/AEST<br />
6 June Warm-up friendly: Australia v Croatia (Salvador, Brazil) 7 June<br />
12 June–13 July <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Brazil 13 June – 14 July<br />
12 June <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Opening Ceremony<br />
Brazil v Croatia, opening match (Sao Paulo) 17:00 local 13 June 06:00<br />
13 June Australia v Chile, Group B match (Cuiaba) 18:00 local 14 June 08:00<br />
18 June Australia v Netherlands, Group B match (Porto Alegre) 13:00 local 19 June 02:00<br />
23 June Australia v Spain, Group B match (Curitiba) 13:00 local 24 June 02:00<br />
26 June First round ends 27 June<br />
28 June–1 July Round of 16 13:00 & 17:00 local 29 June – 2 July 02:00/06:00<br />
4–5 July Quarter finals 13:00 & 17:00 local (Brazil eastern) 5–6 July 02:00/06:00<br />
8–9 July Semi finals 17:00 local (Brazil eastern) 9–10 July 06:00<br />
12 July Third-place play-off (Brasilia) 17:00 local 13 July 06:00<br />
13 July Final (Rio de Janeiro) 16:00 local 14 July 05:00<br />
AEST<br />
TIME ZONES: WITHIN <strong>BRAZIL</strong><br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Brazil host cities are in two time zones.<br />
Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Curitiba, Fortaleza,<br />
Natal, Porto Alegre, Recife, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador<br />
& Sao Paulo are all on Brazil eastern time.<br />
Cuiaba & Manaus are 1 hour behind Brazil eastern time<br />
TIME DIFFERENCES:<br />
<strong>BRAZIL</strong> (eastern) – <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong><br />
Brazil (eastern) time is:<br />
13 hours behind AEST (NSW, Vic, Qld, Tas, ACT)<br />
12.5 hours behind ACST (SA, NT)<br />
11 hours behind AWST (WA)<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> OVERVIEW<br />
GROUP STAGE eight groups of four teams, round robin format, top two from each group progress (48 matches)<br />
Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H<br />
Brazil Spain Colombia Uruguay Switzerland Argentina Germany Belgium<br />
Croatia Netherlands Greece Costa Rica Ecuador Bosnia/Herzegovina Portugal Algeria<br />
Mexico Chile Côte d’Ivoire England France Iran Ghana Russia<br />
Cameroon Australia Japan Italy Honduras Nigeria United States Korea Republic<br />
KNOCKOUT STAGES winners progress to next stage, losers eliminated (16 matches)<br />
Round of 16<br />
(8 matches)<br />
→<br />
Quarter finals<br />
(4 matches)<br />
→<br />
Semi finals<br />
(2 matches)<br />
→<br />
FINAL<br />
& 3 rd -place play-off<br />
SELECTED TECHNICAL RULES<br />
Article 40: Format – final competition<br />
1. The final competition shall be played in a<br />
group stage, followed by three knockout stages,<br />
the play-off for third place and the final<br />
Articles 42–45: Knock-out stages<br />
In the knockout stages, if, after 90 minutes, the<br />
match ends in a draw, extra time of two periods<br />
of 15 minutes each will be played. If the score is<br />
level after extra time, penalty kicks will be taken<br />
to determine the winner in accordance with the<br />
procedure described in the Laws of the Game.<br />
Article 41 Group stage<br />
The ranking of each team in each group will be determined as follows:<br />
a) greatest number of points obtained in all group matches;<br />
b) goal difference in all group matches;<br />
c) greatest number of goals scored in all group matches.<br />
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria,<br />
their rankings will be determined as follows:<br />
d) greatest number of points obtained in the group matches between the<br />
teams concerned;<br />
e) goal difference resulting from the group matches between the teams;<br />
f) greater number of goals scored in all group matches between the teams;<br />
g) drawing of lots by the <strong>FIFA</strong> Organising Committee.<br />
See the full <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup regulations on www.fifa.com/worldcup<br />
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Group H Group G Group F Group E Group D Group C Group B Group A<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> M<strong>AT</strong>CH SCHEDULE<br />
GROUP STAGE<br />
Local time AEST* Venue #<br />
12 Jun 5 pm 13 Jun 6 am <strong>BRAZIL</strong> CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA Sao Paulo 1<br />
13 Jun 1 pm 14 Jun 2 am MEXICO CAMEROON Natal 2<br />
17 Jun 4 pm 18 Jun 5 am <strong>BRAZIL</strong> MEXICO Fortaleza 16<br />
18 Jun 6 pm 19 Jun 8 am CAMEROON CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA Manaus 20<br />
23 Jun 5 pm 24 Jun 6 am CAMEROON <strong>BRAZIL</strong> Brasilia 35<br />
23 Jun 5 pm 24 Jun 6 am CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA MEXICO Recife 36<br />
13 Jun 4 pm 14 Jun 5 am SPAIN NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS Salvador 3<br />
13 Jun 6 pm 14 Jun 8 am CHILE <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> Cuiaba 4<br />
18 Jun 1 pm 19 Jun 2 am <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS Porto Alegre 18<br />
18 Jun 4 pm 19 Jun 5 am SPAIN CHILE Rio De Janeiro 19<br />
23 Jun 1 pm 24 Jun 2 am NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS CHILE Sao Paulo 33<br />
23 Jun 1 pm 24 Jun 2 am <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> SPAIN Curitiba 34<br />
14 Jun 1 pm 15 Jun 2 am COLOMBIA GREECE Belo Horizonte 5<br />
14 Jun 10 pm 15 Jun 11 am CÔTE D’IVOIRE JAPAN Recife 8<br />
19 Jun 1 pm 20 Jun 2 am COLOMBIA CÔTE D’IVOIRE Brasilia 21<br />
19 Jun 7 pm 20 Jun 8 am JAPAN GREECE Natal 23<br />
24 Jun 4 pm 25 Jun 6 am JAPAN COLOMBIA Cuiaba 39<br />
24 Jun 5 pm 25 Jun 6 am GREECE CÔTE D’IVOIRE Fortaleza 40<br />
14 Jun 4 pm 15 Jun 5 am URUGUAY COSTA RICA Fortaleza 6<br />
14 Jun 6 pm 15 Jun 8 am ENGLAND ITALY Manaus 7<br />
19 Jun 4 pm 20 Jun 5 am URUGUAY ENGLAND Sao Paulo 22<br />
20 Jun 1 pm 21 Jun 2 am ITALY COSTA RICA Recife 24<br />
24 Jun 1 pm 25 Jun 2 am ITALY URUGUAY Natal 37<br />
24 Jun 1 pm 25 Jun 2 am COSTA RICA ENGLAND Belo Horizonte 38<br />
15 Jun 1 pm 16 Jun 2 am SWITZERLAND ECUADOR Brasilia 9<br />
15 Jun 4 pm 16 Jun 5 am FRANCE HONDURAS Porto Alegre 10<br />
20 Jun 4 pm 21 Jun 5 am SWITZERLAND FRANCE Salvador 25<br />
20 Jun 7 pm 21 Jun 8 am HONDURAS ECUADOR Curitiba 26<br />
25 Jun 4 pm 26 Jun 6 am HONDURAS SWITZERLAND Manaus 43<br />
25 Jun 5 pm 26 Jun 6 am ECUADOR FRANCE Rio De Janeiro 44<br />
15 Jun 7 pm 16 Jun 8 am ARGENTINA BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA Rio De Janeiro 11<br />
16 Jun 4 pm 17 Jun 5 am IRAN NIGERIA Curitiba 13<br />
21 Jun 1 pm 22 Jun 2 am ARGENTINA IRAN Belo Horizonte 27<br />
21 Jun 6 pm 22 Jun 8 am NIGERIA BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA Cuiaba 29<br />
25 Jun 1 pm 26 Jun 2 am NIGERIA ARGENTINA Porto Alegre 41<br />
25 Jun 1 pm 26 Jun 2 am BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA IRAN Salvador 42<br />
16 Jun 1 pm 17 Jun 2 am GERMANY PORTUGAL Salvador 12<br />
16 Jun 7 pm 17 Jun 8 am GHANA UNITED ST<strong>AT</strong>ES Natal 14<br />
21 Jun 4 pm 22 Jun 5 am GERMANY GHANA Fortaleza 28<br />
22 Jun 6 pm 23 Jun 8 am UNITED ST<strong>AT</strong>ES PORTUGAL Manaus 32<br />
26 Jun 1 pm 27 Jun 2 am PORTUGAL GHANA Brasilia 45<br />
26 Jun 1 pm 27 Jun 2 am UNITED ST<strong>AT</strong>ES GERMANY Recife 46<br />
17 Jun 1 pm 18 Jun 2 am BELGIUM ALGERIA Belo Horizonte 15<br />
17 Jun 6 pm 18 Jun 8 am RUSSIA KOREA REPUBLIC Cuiaba 17<br />
22 Jun 1 pm 23 Jun 2 am BELGIUM RUSSIA Rio De Janeiro 30<br />
22 Jun 4 pm 23 Jun 5 am KOREA REPUBLIC ALGERIA Porto Alegre 31<br />
26 Jun 5 pm 27 Jun 6 am KOREA REPUBLIC BELGIUM Sao Paulo 47<br />
26 Jun 5 pm 27 Jun 6 am ALGERIA RUSSIA Curitiba 48<br />
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<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> M<strong>AT</strong>CH SCHEDULE<br />
Group A w d l f a pts Group E w d l f a pts<br />
Brazil<br />
Switzerland<br />
Croatia<br />
Ecuador<br />
Mexico<br />
France<br />
Cameroon<br />
Honduras<br />
Group B w d l f a pts Group F w d l f a pts<br />
Spain<br />
Argentina<br />
Netherlands<br />
Bosnia & Herzegovina<br />
Chile<br />
Iran<br />
Australia<br />
Nigeria<br />
Group C w d l f a pts Group G w d l f a pts<br />
Colombia<br />
Germany<br />
Greece<br />
Portugal<br />
Côte d’Ivoire<br />
Ghana<br />
Japan<br />
United States<br />
Group D w d l f a pts Group H w d l f a pts<br />
Uruguay<br />
Belgium<br />
Costa Rica<br />
Algeria<br />
England<br />
Russia<br />
Italy<br />
Korea Republic<br />
ROUND <strong>OF</strong> 16<br />
KNOCK-OUT STAGE<br />
28 Jun 1 pm 29 Jun 2 am WINNER A RUNNER-UP B Belo Horizonte Round of 16 – 1 49<br />
28 Jun 5 pm 29 Jun 6 am WINNER C RUNNER-UP D Rio De Janeiro Round of 16 – 2 50<br />
29 Jun 1 pm 30 Jun 2 am WINNER B RUNNER-UP A Fortaleza Round of 16 – 3 51<br />
29 Jun 5 pm 30 Jun 6 am WINNER D RUNNER-UP C Recife Round of 16 – 4 52<br />
30 Jun 1 pm 01 Jul 2 am WINNER E RUNNER-UP F Brasilia Round of 16 – 5 53<br />
30 Jun 5 pm 01 Jul 6 am WINNER G RUNNER-UP H Porto Alegre Round of 16 – 6 54<br />
01 Jul 1 pm 02 Jul 2 am WINNER F RUNNER-UP E Sao Paulo Round of 16 – 7 55<br />
01 Jul 5 pm 02 Jul 6 am WINNER H RUNNER-UP G Salvador Round of 16 – 8 56<br />
QUARTER FINALS<br />
04 Jul 5 pm 05 Jul 6 am WINNER <strong>OF</strong> 16 – 1 WINNER <strong>OF</strong> 16 – 2 Fortaleza Quarter final 1 57<br />
04 Jul 1 pm 05 Jul 2 am WINNER <strong>OF</strong> 16 – 5 WINNER <strong>OF</strong> 16 – 6 Rio De Janeiro Quarter final 2 58<br />
05 Jul 5 pm 06 Jul 6 am WINNER <strong>OF</strong> 16 – 3 WINNER <strong>OF</strong> 16 – 4 Salvador Quarter final 3 59<br />
05 Jul 1 pm 06 Jul 2 am WINNER <strong>OF</strong> 16 – 7 WINNER <strong>OF</strong> 16 – 8 Brasilia Quarter final 4 60<br />
SEMI FINALS<br />
08 Jul 5 pm 09 Jul 6 am WINNER QUARTER 1 WINNER QUARTER 2 Belo Horizonte Semi final 1 61<br />
09 Jul 5 pm 10 Jul 6 am WINNER QUARTER 3 WINNER QUARTER 4 Sao Paulo Semi final 2 62<br />
FOR 3 RD PLACE<br />
12 Jul 5 pm 13 Jul 6 am LOSER SEMI 1 LOSER SEMI 2 Brasilia For third place 63<br />
FINAL<br />
13 Jul 4 pm 14 Jul 5 am WINNER SEMI 1 WINNER SEMI 2 Rio De Janeiro Final 64<br />
Local time AEST* Venue #<br />
*AEST = Australian Eastern Standard Time. SA and NT subtract 30 minutes. WA subtract 2 hours.<br />
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Belo Horizonte – ESTADIO MINEIRAO<br />
State: Minas Gerais Population: 2,396,000<br />
Opened 1965, Renovated 2012<br />
Capacity: 62,254 Club: Cruzeiro<br />
Brasilia – ESTADIO NACIONAL<br />
Federal District Population: 2,649,000<br />
Opened 1974, Renovated 2013<br />
Capacity: 69,008 Club: Brasilia FC<br />
Cuiaba – ARENA PANTANAL<br />
State: Mato Grosso Population: 561,000<br />
Opened 1976, Renovated <strong>2014</strong><br />
Capacity: 42,968 Clubs: Cuiaba, Mixto<br />
Curitiba – ARENA DA BAIXADA<br />
State: Parana Population: 1,777,000<br />
Opened 1914, Renovated 1999<br />
Capacity: 41,456 Club: Atletico Paranaense<br />
Fortaleza – ESTADIO CASTELAO<br />
State: Ceara Population: 2,500,000<br />
Opened 1973, Renovated 2013<br />
Capacity: 64,846 Clubs: Ceara, Fortaleza<br />
Manaus – ARENA AMAZONIA<br />
State: Amazonas Population: 1,862,000<br />
Opened 1970, Renovated <strong>2014</strong><br />
Capacity: 42,374 Club: Nacional FC<br />
HOST CITIES<br />
Natal – ESTADIO DAS DUNAS<br />
State: Rio Grande do Norte Population: 818,000<br />
Opened 1972, Renovated 2013<br />
Capacity: 42,086 Club: America<br />
Porto Alegre – ESTADIO BEIRA-RIO<br />
State: Rio Grande do Sul Population: 1,555,000<br />
Opened 1969, Renovated 2013<br />
Capacity: 48,849 Club: Internacional<br />
Recife – ARENA PERNAMBUCO<br />
State: Pernambuco Population: 1,417,000<br />
Opened <strong>2014</strong><br />
Capacity: 44,248 Club: Nautico<br />
Rio de Janeiro – ESTADIO DO MARACANA<br />
State: Rio de Janeiro Population: 6,390,000<br />
Opened 1950, Renovated 2013<br />
Capacity: 76,804 Clubs: Flamengo, Fluminense<br />
Salvador – ARENA FONTE NOVA<br />
State: Bahia Population: 2,711,000<br />
Opened 1951, Renovated 2013<br />
Capacity: 48,747 Club: EC Bahia<br />
Sao Paulo – ARENA DE SAO PAULO<br />
State: Sao Paulo Population: 11,377,000<br />
Opened <strong>2014</strong><br />
Capacity: 65,807 Club: Corinthians<br />
Washington DC<br />
6800km from Brasilia<br />
Tokyo<br />
17800km<br />
Berlin<br />
9600km<br />
Canberra<br />
14100km<br />
Cape Town<br />
6900km<br />
1000km<br />
Buenos Aires<br />
2350km
Geography<br />
<strong>BRAZIL</strong> PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
The largest country in South America, Brazil stretches over almost half of the continent. With a surface area of<br />
8,547,400 km², Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country in area (behind Russia, China, Canada and the United States).<br />
It covers 4,345 km from north to south between its furthest points and 4,330 km from east to west. The highest<br />
population concentrations are along the Atlantic coastlines, most notably in the two largest cities, Sao Paulo and Rio<br />
de Janeiro. The capital Brasilia is situated over 1,000 km inland.<br />
The country is divided into five regions (Centre-West, North, Northeast, South and Southeast), which are themselves<br />
divided into 26 states plus the Federal District that houses Brazilian capital Brasília.<br />
Population<br />
Brazil has roughly 190 million inhabitants, making it the fifth most populated country on Earth. The Southeast region<br />
is the most heavily-populated in Brazil with almost 80 million people, roughly 40 per cent of the total. It is also the<br />
most densely-populated (84.2 inhabitants per km²) and has the highest urbanisation rate at 90 per cent.<br />
The official language is Portuguese, however many Brazilians speak other languages according to their origins.<br />
German and Italian, for example, are fairly prevalent in the cities of the south. Almost 75 per cent of Brazilians are<br />
Catholics, whilst another 26 million are Protestants.<br />
History & Governance<br />
Officially, Portuguese Pedro Alvares Cabral is regarded as the discoverer of Brazil. His fleet, in search of the Indias,<br />
sailed into the South of modern-day Bahia on 22 April 1500. Since 1530, the Portuguese Crown implemented a<br />
colonising policy that lasted centuries and ended when Dom Pedro I declared the country's independence on 7<br />
September 1822.<br />
After 1822, Brazil was governed by an imperial dynasty until a military revolt led by Marshal Manuel Deodoro da<br />
Fonseca forced Emperor Dom Pedro II to abdicate in November 1889. The country became a republic and, despite a<br />
long period of instability and even military dictatorship between 1964 and 1985, it now enjoys the fruits of<br />
democracy.<br />
Current President Dilma Rousseff has held the post since her inauguration on 1 January 2011.<br />
Economy<br />
Predominantly agrarian until recently, Brazil underwent rapid industrial growth throughout the 1960s and 1970s, and<br />
by the 1980s possessed a fundamentally modern, diversified economy. This development went hand in hand with<br />
heavy exploitation of its natural resources, in particular coal and iron ore.<br />
Nearly a quarter of the world's coffee comes from Brazil. Brazil is also one of the foremost producers of sugar cane,<br />
used not only to make sugar but also the alcohol that fuels 2.5 million specially-designed vehicles. Production levels<br />
of ricin, cocoa, corn and oranges are among the highest in the world as well, while soy, tobacco, potato, cotton, rice,<br />
wheat, manioc and bananas are also produced in large quantities. Sheep and cattle are reared in almost every state.<br />
The Brazilian rainforest is another source of natural riches, including tung oil, rubber, carnauba oil, caroa fibre,<br />
medicinal plants, vegetable oils, resins, timber for construction and various woods used in furniture-making. Brazil<br />
has also begun mining fairly recently, again taking advantage of its abundant natural resources.<br />
Football in Brazil<br />
Founded in 1914, the Confederaçao Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) boasts a large list of honours: five <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cups,<br />
eight Copa Americas, four <strong>FIFA</strong> Under-20 World Cups, three <strong>FIFA</strong> Under-17 World Cups, two <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations<br />
Cups, four <strong>FIFA</strong> Futsal World Cups, three <strong>FIFA</strong> Beach Soccer World Cups and dozens of continental trophies.<br />
Famous players of Brazil over the years include Pele (whose name is almost synonymous with Brazilian sport itself),<br />
Leonidas, Garrincha, Didi, Vava, Zagallo, Tostão, Zico, Jairzinho, Carlos Alberto, Socrates, Bebeto, Romario, Cafu,<br />
Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos. Brazilian football’s exceptional new talents include superstars Ronaldinho and Kaka.<br />
Source: www.fifa.com<br />
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ALGERIA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria<br />
Population: 39 million<br />
Main language: Arabic<br />
Life expectancy: 71 years<br />
GDP per person: $8500<br />
Capital city: Algiers<br />
Association founded: 1962<br />
No. footballers / registered: 1,790,200 / 203,900<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 22<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 19 (Nov-12+)<br />
Continental titles: African Cup winners 1990<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 4 (1982, 1986, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Group stage<br />
Biggest win: 3-2 v Chile (1982)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-3 v Spain (1986)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: CAF play-off winners<br />
(v Burkina Faso)<br />
Australia's record against Algeria (men's)<br />
No matches played at any level<br />
Group H<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Algeria<br />
Population count (2011 census): 1200<br />
0.02 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 3.5 3.7 77.5 15.3<br />
Median age: 46.6 years<br />
Sex ratio: 156.0 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 18.5 54.4 27.0<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 80.4 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Lakemba (NSW),<br />
Wiley Park (NSW), Belmore (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
25-05-13 Mauritania W 1-0 Blida<br />
02-06-13 Burkina Faso W 2-0 Blida<br />
09-06-13 Benin W 3-1 Porto Novo<br />
16-06-13 Rwanda W 1-0 Kigali<br />
14-08-13 Guinea D 2-2 Blida<br />
10-09-13 Mali W 1-0 Blida<br />
12-10-13 Burkina Faso L 2-3 Ouagadougou<br />
19-11-13 Burkina Faso W 1-0 Blida<br />
31-05-14 Armenia W 3-1 Sion<br />
04-06-14 Romania W 2-1 Geneva<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 7<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – ALGERIA<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Cedric SI MOHAMMED GK 09-01-85 / 29 182cm 1 (0) Constantine, Algeria<br />
2 Madjid BOUGUERRA DF 07-10-82 / 31 189cm 62 (4) Lekhwiya, Qatar<br />
3 Faouzi GHOULAM DF 01-02-91 / 23 184cm 6 (0) Napoli, Italy<br />
4 Esseid BELKALEM DF 01-01-89 / 25 190cm 13 (1) Watford, England<br />
5 Rafik HALLICHE DF 02-09-86 / 27 187cm 29 (1) Academica Coimbra, Portugal<br />
6 Djamel MESBAH DF 09-10-84 / 29 179cm 26 (0) Livorno, Italy<br />
7 Hassan YEBDA MF 14-05-84 / 30 188cm 25 (2) Udinese Calcic, Italy<br />
8 Medhi LACEN MF 15-03-84 / 30 175cm 30 (0) Getafe, Spain<br />
9 Nabil GHILAS FW 20-04-90 / 24 183cm 5 (2) Porto, Portugal<br />
10 Sofiane FEGHOULI FW 26-12-89 / 24 177cm 19 (5) Valencia, Spain<br />
11 Yacine BRAHIMI MF 08-02-90 / 24 171cm 6 (0) Granada, Spain<br />
12 Carl MEDJANI DF 15-05-85 / 29 180cm 26 (1) Valenciennes, France<br />
13 Islam SLIMANI FW 18-06-88 / 25 188cm 20 (10) Sporting, Portugal<br />
14 Nabil BENTALEB MF 24-11-94 / 19 189cm 3 (1) Tottenham Hotspur, England<br />
15 El Arabi SOUDANI FW 25-11-87 / 26 177cm 22 (11) Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia<br />
16 Mohamed ZEMMAMOUCHE GK 19-03-85 / 29 187cm 7 (0) Alger, Algeria<br />
17 Liassine CADAMURO DF 05-03-88 / 26 187cm 7 (0) Mallorca, Spain<br />
18 Abdelmoumene DJABOU FW 31-01-87 / 27 168cm 8 (1) Club Africain, Tunisia<br />
19 Saphir TAIDER MF 29-02-92 / 22 179cm 11 (3) Internazionale, Italy<br />
20 Aissa MANDI DF 22-10-91 / 22 184cm 2 (0) Stade de Reims, France<br />
21 Riyad MAHREZ FW 21-02-91 / 23 179cm 2 (0) Leicester City, England<br />
22 Mehdi MOSTEFA MF 30-08-83 / 30 182cm 23 (0) Ajaccio, France<br />
23 Rais MBOLHI GK 25-04-86 / 28 186cm 28 (0) CSKA Sofia, Bulgaria<br />
COACH: Vahid Halilhodzic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) age 62 years<br />
Coach of Algeria since 2011<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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ARGENTINA<br />
Argentine Republic<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Population: 41 million<br />
Main language: Spanish<br />
Life expectancy: 76 years<br />
GDP per person: $18700<br />
Capital city: Buenos Aires<br />
Association founded: 1893<br />
No. footballers / registered: 2,658,811 / 331,811<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 5<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 1 (Mar-07+)<br />
Continental titles: 14 times Copa America winners<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 16 (1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978,<br />
1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Winners 1978, 1986<br />
Biggest win: 6-0 v Peru (1978) & Serbia (2006)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-6 v Czechoslovakia (1958)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as:<br />
CONMEBOL round robin winners<br />
Australia's record against Argentina (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 7 1 1 5<br />
Under-23 3 1 0 2<br />
Under-20 6 2 2 2<br />
Under-17 6 1 2 3<br />
Group F<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Argentina<br />
Population count (2011 census): 12000<br />
0.2 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 3.0 3.9 76.1 17.0<br />
Median age: 47.2 years<br />
Sex ratio: 91.9 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 7.4 73.3 19.2<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 85.8 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Bossley Park (NSW),<br />
Endeavour Hills (Vic), Liverpool (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-06-13 Guatemala W 4-0 Guatemala City<br />
14-08-13 Italy W 2-1 Rome<br />
10-09-13 Paraguay W 5-2 Asuncion<br />
11-10-13 Peru W 3-1 Buenos Aires<br />
15-10-13 Uruguay L 2-3 Montevideo<br />
15-11-13 Ecuador D 0-0 New York<br />
18-11-13 Bosnia W 2-0 St. Louis<br />
05-03-14 Romania D 0-0 Bucharest<br />
04-06-14 Trinidad/Tobago W 3-0 Buenos Aires<br />
07-06-14 Slovenia W 2-0 Buenos Aires<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – ARGENTINA<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Sergio ROMERO GK 22-02-87 / 27 192cm 46 (0) Monaco, France<br />
2 Ezequiel GARAY DF 10-10-86 / 27 186cm 18 (0) Benfica, Portugal<br />
3 Hugo CAMPAGNARO DF 27-06-80 / 33 181cm 14 (0) Internazionale, Italy<br />
4 Pablo ZABALETA DF 16-01-85 / 29 174cm 36 (0) Manchester City, England<br />
5 Fernando GAGO MF 10-04-86 / 28 178cm 48 (0) Boca Juniors, Argentina<br />
6 Lucas BIGLIA MF 30-01-86 / 28 175cm 18 (0) Lazio, Italy<br />
7 Angel DI MARIA MF 14-02-88 / 26 178cm 46 (9) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
8 Enzo PEREZ MF 22-02-86 / 28 177cm 7 (1) Benfica, Portugal<br />
9 Gonzalo HIGUAIN FW 10-12-87 / 26 184cm 36 (20) Napoli, Italy<br />
10 Lionel MESSI FW 24-06-87 / 26 169cm 85 (37) Barcelona, Spain<br />
11 Maxi RODRIGUEZ MF 02-01-81 / 33 180cm 54 (16) Newells Old Boys, Argentina<br />
12 Agustin ORION GK 26-07-81 / 32 190cm 3 (0) Boca Juniors, Argentina<br />
13 Augusto FERNANDEZ MF 10-04-86 / 28 177cm 8 (1) Celta Vigo, Spain<br />
14 Javier MASCHERANO MF 08-06-84 / 30 171cm 97 (3) Barcelona, Spain<br />
15 Martin DEMICHELIS DF 20-12-80 / 33 184cm 38 (2) Manchester City, England<br />
16 Marcos ROJO DF 20-03-90 / 24 189cm 21 (0) Sporting, Portugal<br />
17 Federico FERNANDEZ DF 21-02-89 / 25 190cm 25 (2) Napoli, Italy<br />
18 Rodrigo PALACIO FW 05-02-82 / 32 175cm 22 (3) Internazionale, Italy<br />
19 Ricardo ALVAREZ MF 12-04-88 / 26 188cm 6 (0) Internazionale, Italy<br />
20 Sergio AGUERO FW 02-06-88 / 26 172cm 50 (21) Manchester City, England<br />
21 Mariano ANDUJAR GK 30-07-83 / 30 194cm 10 (0) Calcio Catania, Italy<br />
22 Ezequiel LAVEZZI FW 03-05-85 / 29 173cm 30 (4) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
23 Jose Maria BASANTA DF 03-04-84 / 30 188cm 9 (0) Monterrey, Mexico<br />
COACH: Alejandro Sabella (Argentina) age 59 years<br />
Coach of Argentina since 2011<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong><br />
Commonwealth of Australia<br />
Population: 23 million<br />
Main language: English<br />
Life expectancy: 82 years<br />
GDP per person: $44500<br />
Capital city: Canberra<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1961<br />
No. footballers / registered: 970,728 / 435,728<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 62<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 14 (Sep-09)<br />
Continental titles: 4 times Oceania Cup winners<br />
(1980, 1995, 2000, 2004)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 4 (1974, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Round of sixteen 2006<br />
Biggest win: 3-1 v Japan (2006)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-4 v Germany (1974)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: AFC Group B runners-up<br />
Group B<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Australia<br />
Population count (2011 census): 15017800<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 24.2 14.7 49.2 11.9<br />
Median age: 33.7 years<br />
Sex ratio: 97.5 males per 100 females<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 99.6 per cent<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
20-07-13 Korea Republic D 0-0 Seoul<br />
25-07-13 Japan L 2-3 Hwaseong<br />
28-07-13 China PR L 3-4 Seoul<br />
07-09-13 Brazil L 0-6 Brasilia<br />
11-10-13 France L 0-6 Paris<br />
15-10-13 Canada W 3-0 London<br />
19-11-13 Costa Rica W 1-0 Sydney<br />
05-03-14 Ecuador L 3-4 London<br />
26-05-14 South Africa D 1-1 Sydney<br />
06-06-14 Croatia L 0-1 Salvador<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong><br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Maty RYAN GK 08-04-92 / 22 181cm 6 (0) Club Brugge, Belgium<br />
2 Ivan FRANJIC DF 10-09-87 / 26 180cm 8 (0) Brisbane Roar, Australia<br />
3 Jason DAVIDSON DF 29-06-91 / 22 179cm 6 (0) Heracles Almelo, Netherlands<br />
4 Tim CAHILL FW 06-12-79 / 34 180cm 68 (32) New York Red Bulls, USA<br />
5 Mark MILLIGAN MF 04-08-85 / 28 178cm 28 (2) Melbourne Victory, Australia<br />
6 Matthew SPIRANOVIC DF 27-06-88 / 25 188cm 17 (0) Western Sydney Wanderers, Australia<br />
7 Mathew LECKIE FW 04-02-91 / 23 181cm 7 (1) Frankfurt, Germany<br />
8 Bailey WRIGHT DF 28-07-92 / 21 184cm 0 (0) Preston North End, England<br />
9 Adam TAGGART FW 02-06-93 / 21 172cm 4 (3) Newcastle Jets, Australia<br />
10 Ben HALLORAN FW 14-06-92 / 21 180cm 1 (0) Fortuna Duesseldorf, Germany<br />
11 Tommy OAR MF 10-12-91 / 22 170cm 14 (1) Utrecht, Netherlands<br />
12 Mitch LANGERAK GK 22-08-88 / 25 191cm 3 (0) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
13 Oliver BOZANIC MF 08-01-89 / 25 167cm 3 (0) Luzern, Switzerland<br />
14 James TROISI MF 03-07-88 / 25 177cm 10 (1) Melbourne Victory, Australia<br />
15 Mile JEDINAK MF 03-08-84 / 29 188cm 43 (4) Crystal Palace, England<br />
16 James HOLLAND MF 15-05-89 / 25 180cm 13 (0) Austria Wien, Austria<br />
17 Matt McKAY MF 11-01-83 / 31 174cm 46 (1) Brisbane Roar, Australia<br />
18 Eugene GALEKOVIC GK 12-06-81 / 33 186cm 8 (0) Adelaide United, Australia<br />
19 Ryan McGOWAN DF 15-08-89 / 24 185cm 9 (0) Shandong Luneng, China<br />
20 Dario VIDOSIC MF 08-04-87 / 27 185cm 22 (2) Sion, Switzerland<br />
21 Massimo LUONGO MF 25-09-92 / 21 176cm 1 (0) Swindon Town, England<br />
22 Alex WILKINSON DF 13-08-84 / 29 183cm 2 (0) Jeonbuk Motors, Korea Republic<br />
23 Mark BRESCIANO MF 11-02-80 / 34 182cm 73 (13) Al Gharafa, Qatar<br />
COACH: Ange Postecoglou (Australia) age 48 years<br />
Coach of Australia since 2013<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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BELGIUM<br />
Kingdom of Belgium<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Population: 11 million<br />
Main languages: French, Dutch, German<br />
Life expectancy: 81 years<br />
GDP per person: $38900<br />
Capital city: Brussels<br />
Association founded: 1895<br />
No. footballers / registered: 816,583 / 443,383<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 11<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 5 (Oct-13)<br />
Continental titles: -<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 12 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1970,<br />
1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Fourth 1986<br />
Biggest win: 3-0 v El Salvador (1970)<br />
Biggest loss: 2-5 v Germany (1934)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group A winners<br />
Australia's record against Belgium (men's)<br />
No matches played at any level<br />
Group H<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Belgium<br />
Population count (2011 census): 5800<br />
0.1 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 7.2 5.9 64.7 22.2<br />
Median age: 49.7 years<br />
Sex ratio: 97.2 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 36.2 35.1 28.7<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 65.9 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Mosman (NSW),<br />
Berwick (Vic), Mount Eliza (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 France D 0-0 Brussels<br />
06-09-13 Scotland W 2-0 Glasgow<br />
11-10-13 Croatia W 2-1 Zagreb<br />
15-10-13 Wales D 1-1 Brussels<br />
14-11-13 Colombia L 0-2 Brussels<br />
19-11-13 Japan L 2-3 Brussels<br />
05-03-14 Côte d’Ivoire D 2-2 Brussels<br />
26-05-14 Luxembourg - annulled<br />
01-06-14 Sweden W 2-0 Solna<br />
07-06-14 Tunisia W 1-0 Brussels<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – BELGIUM<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Thibaut COURTOIS GK 11-05-92 / 22 198cm 16 (0) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
2 Toby ALDERWEIRELD DF 02-03-89 / 25 186cm 34 (1) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
3 Thomas VERMAELEN DF 14-11-85 / 28 178cm 48 (1) Arsenal, England<br />
4 Vincent KOMPANY DF 10-04-86 / 28 190cm 59 (4) Manchester City, England<br />
5 Jan VERTONGHEN DF 24-04-87 / 27 189cm 56 (4) Tottenham Hotspur, England<br />
6 Axel WITSEL MF 12-01-89 / 25 183cm 48 (5) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
7 Kevin DE BRUYNE MF 28-06-91 / 22 181cm 22 (5) VfL Wolfsburg, Germany<br />
8 Marouane FELLAINI MF 22-11-87 / 26 194cm 50 (8) Manchester United, England<br />
9 Romelu LUKAKU FW 13-05-93 / 21 190cm 29 (9) Everton, England<br />
10 Eden HAZARD MF 07-01-91 / 23 172cm 45 (6) Chelsea, England<br />
11 Kevin MIRALLAS FW 05-10-87 / 26 179cm 44 (9) Everton, England<br />
12 Simon MIGNOLET GK 06-03-88 / 26 193cm 14 (0) Liverpool, England<br />
13 Sammy BOSSUT GK 11-08-85 / 28 187cm 0 (0) Zulte Waregem, Belgium<br />
14 Dries MERTENS MF 06-05-87 / 27 164cm 24 (2) Napoli, Italy<br />
15 Daniel VAN BUYTEN DF 07-02-78 / 36 196cm 79 (10) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
16 Steven DEFOUR MF 15-04-88 / 26 173cm 43 (2) Porto, Portugal<br />
17 Divock ORIGI FW 18-04-95 / 19 185cm 1 (0) Lille, France<br />
18 Nicolas LOMBAERTS DF 20-03-85 / 29 188cm 26 (2) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
19 Moussa DEMBELE MF 16-07-87 / 26 185cm 56 (5) Tottenham Hotspur, England<br />
20 Adnan JANUZAJ MF 05-02-95 / 19 180cm 0 (0) Manchester United, England<br />
21 Anthony VANDEN BORRE DF 24-10-87 / 26 185cm 25 (1) Anderlecht, Belgium<br />
22 Nacer CHADLI MF 02-08-89 / 24 187cm 20 (3) Tottenham Hotspur, England<br />
23 Laurent CIMAN DF 05-08-85 / 28 180cm 8 (0) Standard Liege, Belgium<br />
COACH: Marc Wilmots (Belgium) age 45 years<br />
Coach of Belgium since 2012 (assistant 2009-2012)<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA<br />
Bosnia and Herzegovina<br />
Population: 3.8 million<br />
Main languages: Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian<br />
Life expectancy: 76 years<br />
GDP per person: $9200<br />
Capital city: Sarajevo<br />
Association founded: 1992<br />
No. footballers / registered: 200,240 / 69,040<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 21<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 13 (Aug-13)<br />
Continental titles: -<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 1 (<strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group G winners<br />
Australia's record against<br />
Bosnia & Herzegovina (men's)<br />
No matches played at any level<br />
Group F<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Bosnia & Herzegovina<br />
Population count (2011 census): 25700<br />
0.5 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 1.4 13.3 72.0 13.3<br />
Median age: 46.2 years<br />
Sex ratio: 97.1 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 9.7 77.0 13.4<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 95.7 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Liverpool (NSW),<br />
Noble Park (Vic), St Albans (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
07-06-13 Latvia W 5-0 Riga<br />
14-08-13 United States L 3-4 Sarajevo<br />
06-09-13 Slovakia L 0-1 Zenica<br />
10-09-13 Slovakia W 2-1 Zilina<br />
11-10-13 Liechtenstein W 4-1 Zenica<br />
15-10-13 Lithuania W 1-0 Kaunas<br />
18-11-13 Argentina L 0-2 St. Louis<br />
05-03-14 Egypt L 0-2 Innsbruck<br />
30-05-14 Côte d’Ivoire W 2-1 St Louis<br />
03-06-14 Mexico W 1-0 Chicago<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 9<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Asmir BEGOVIC GK 20-06-87 / 26 198cm 30 (0) Stoke City, England<br />
2 Avdija VRSAJEVIC MF 06-03-86 / 28 182cm 13 (0) Hajduk Split, Croatia<br />
3 Ermin BICAKCIC DF 24-01-90 / 24 185cm 7 (1) Eintracht Braunschweig, Germany<br />
4 Emir SPAHIC DF 18-08-80 / 33 183cm 74 (3) Bayer Leverkusen, Germany<br />
5 Sead KOLASINAC DF 20-06-93 / 20 183cm 4 (0) Schalke, Germany<br />
6 Ognjen VRANJES DF 24-10-89 / 24 186cm 13 (0) Elazigspor, Turkey<br />
7 Muhamed BESIC MF 10-09-92 / 21 177cm 9 (0) Ferencvarosi, Hungary<br />
8 Miralem PJANIC MF 02-04-90 / 24 180cm 48 (8) Roma, Italy<br />
9 Vedad IBISEVIC FW 06-08-84 / 29 189cm 55 (20) VfB Stuttgart, Germany<br />
10 Zvjezdan MISIMOVIC MF 05-06-82 / 32 180cm 81 (25) Guizhou Renhe, China<br />
11 Edin DZEKO FW 17-03-86 / 28 192cm 62 (35) Manchester City, England<br />
12 Jasmin FEJZIC GK 15-05-86 / 28 198cm 0 (0) VfR Aalen, Germany<br />
13 Mensur MUJDZA MF 28-03-84 / 30 184cm 24 (0) Freiburg, Germany<br />
14 Tino Sven SUSIC MF 13-02-92 / 22 186cm 2 (0) Hajduk Split, Croatia<br />
15 Toni SUNJIC DF 15-12-88 / 25 192cm 7 (0) Zorya Lugansk, Ukraine<br />
16 Senad LULIC MF 18-01-86 / 28 183cm 33 (1) Lazio, Italy<br />
17 Senijad IBRICIC MF 26-09-85 / 28 185cm 44 (4) Kayseri Erciyesspor, Turkey<br />
18 Haris MEDUNJANIN MF 08-03-85 / 29 188cm 35 (5) Gaziantepspor, Turkey<br />
19 Edin VISCA FW 17-02-90 / 24 172cm 10 (0) Istanbul, Turkey<br />
20 Izet HAJROVIC MF 04-08-91 / 22 177cm 8 (2) Galatasaray, Turkey<br />
21 Anel HADZIC MF 16-08-89 / 24 184cm 2 (0) Sturm Graz, Austria<br />
22 Asmir AVDUKIC GK 13-05-81 / 33 190cm 3 (0) Borac Banja Luka, Bosnia/Herzegovina<br />
23 Sejad SALIHOVIC MF 08-10-84 / 29 182cm 42 (4) Hoffenheim, Germany<br />
COACH: Safet Susic (Bosnia & Herzegovina) age 59 years<br />
Coach of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2009<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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<strong>BRAZIL</strong><br />
Federal Republic of Brazil<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Population: 200 million<br />
Main language: Portuguese<br />
Life expectancy: 74 years<br />
GDP per person: $11900<br />
Capital city: Brasília<br />
Association founded: 1914<br />
No. footballers / registered: 13,197,733 / 2,141,733<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 3<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 1 (Sep-93+)<br />
Continental titles: 8 times Copa America winners<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 20 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954,<br />
1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986,<br />
1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Winners 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002<br />
Biggest win: 7-1 v Sweden (1950)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-3 v France (1998)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: host<br />
Australia's record against Brazil (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 8 1 1 6<br />
Under-23 3 3 0 0<br />
Under-20 11 2 4 5<br />
Under-17 8 1 1 6<br />
Group A<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Brazil<br />
Population count (2011 census): 14500<br />
0.3 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 5.1 10.8 81.3 2.8<br />
Median age: 32.1 years<br />
Sex ratio: 87.2 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 2.8 22.4 74.8<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 34.9 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Dee Why (NSW),<br />
Manly (NSW), Maroubra (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
22-06-13 Italy W 4-2 Salvador<br />
26-06-13 Uruguay W 2-1 Belo Horizonte<br />
30-06-13 Spain W 3-0 Rio De Janeiro<br />
14-08-13 Switzerland L 0-1 Basel<br />
07-09-13 Australia W 6-0 Brasilia<br />
10-09-13 Portugal W 3-1 Foxborough<br />
05-03-14 South Africa W 5-0 Johannesburg<br />
05-03-14 South Africa W 5-0 Johannesburg<br />
03-06-14 Panama W 4-0 Goiania<br />
06-06-14 Serbia W 1-0 Sao Paulo<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 12<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – <strong>BRAZIL</strong><br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 JEFFERSON GK 02-01-83 / 31 190cm 9 (0) Botafogo, Brazil<br />
2 DANI ALVES DF 06-05-83 / 31 175cm 74 (6) Barcelona, Spain<br />
3 THIAGO SILVA DF 22-09-84 / 29 182cm 45 (2) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
4 DAVID LUIZ DF 22-04-87 / 27 189cm 35 (0) Chelsea, England<br />
5 FERNANDINHO MF 04-05-85 / 29 179cm 6 (1) Manchester City, England<br />
6 MARCELO DF 12-05-88 / 26 174cm 30 (4) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
7 HULK FW 25-07-86 / 27 179cm 34 (9) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
8 PAULINHO MF 25-07-88 / 25 181cm 25 (5) Tottenham Hotspur, England<br />
9 FRED FW 03-10-83 / 30 186cm 32 (16) Fluminense, Brazil<br />
10 NEYMAR FW 05-02-92 / 22 175cm 48 (31) Barcelona, Spain<br />
11 OSCAR MF 09-09-91 / 22 181cm 30 (9) Chelsea, England<br />
12 JULIO CESAR GK 03-09-79 / 34 179cm 79 (0) Toronto, Canada<br />
13 DANTE DF 18-10-83 / 30 189cm 12 (2) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
14 MAXWELL DF 27-08-81 / 32 177cm 8 (0) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
15 HENRIQUE DF 14-10-86 / 27 186cm 5 (0) Napoli, Italy<br />
16 RAMIRES MF 24-03-87 / 27 181cm 42 (4) Chelsea, England<br />
17 LUIZ GUSTAVO MF 23-07-87 / 26 188cm 18 (1) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
18 HERNANES MF 29-05-85 / 29 180cm 24 (2) Internazionale, Italy<br />
19 WILLIAN MF 09-08-88 / 25 176cm 6 (2) Chelsea, England<br />
20 BERNARD FW 08-09-92 / 21 166cm 10 (1) Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine<br />
21 JO FW 20-03-87 / 27 191cm 16 (5) Atletico Mineiro, Brazil<br />
22 VICTOR GK 21-01-83 / 31 195cm 6 (0) Atletico Mineiro, Brazil<br />
23 MAICON DF 26-07-81 / 32 186cm 71 (7) Roma, Italy<br />
COACH: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil) age 65 years<br />
Coach of Brazil since 2012 (also 2001-2002)<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2002 (Brazil), 2006 (Portugal) Age at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as 5-Jun-14<br />
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CAMEROON<br />
Republic of Cameroon<br />
Population: 22 million<br />
Main languages: French, English<br />
Life expectancy: 55 years<br />
GDP per person: $2300<br />
Capital city: Yaoundé<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1959<br />
No. footballers / registered: 785,515 / 22,045<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 56<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 11 (Nov-06+)<br />
Continental titles: 4 times African Cup winners<br />
(1984, 1988, 2000, 2002)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 7 (1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2010,<br />
<strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Quarter-finalists 1990<br />
Biggest win: by 1 goal (several times)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-6 v Russia (1994)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: CAF play-off winners<br />
(v Tunisia)<br />
Australia's record against Cameroon (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Under-20 3 0 1 2<br />
Group A<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Cameroon<br />
Population count (2011 census): 300<br />
0.01 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 11.1 20.0 67.1 1.8<br />
Median age: 32.2 years<br />
Sex ratio: 169.2 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 3.0 15.2 81.8<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 37.2 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: South Morang (Vic),<br />
Newnham (TAS), Coburg (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
10-08-13 Gabon L 0-1 Libreville<br />
26-08-13 Congo DR L 0-1 Garoua<br />
30-08-13 Congo DR D 1-1 Lubumbashi<br />
13-10-13 Tunisia D 0-0 Rades<br />
17-11-13 Tunisia W 4-1 Yaounde<br />
05-03-14 Portugal L 1-5 Leiria<br />
26-05-14 Macedonia W 2-0 Kufstein<br />
29-05-14 Paraguay L 1-2 Kufstein<br />
01-06-14 Germany W 2-2 Moenchengladbach<br />
07-06-14 Moldova W 1-0 Yaounde<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 12<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – CAMEROON<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Loic FEUDJOU GK 14-04-92 / 22 178cm 1 (0) Coton Sport, Cameroon<br />
2 Benoit ASSOU EKOTTO DF 24-03-84 / 30 178cm 21 (0) Queens Park Rangers, England<br />
3 Nicolas NKOULOU DF 27-03-90 / 24 185cm 47 (0) Olympique Marseille, France<br />
4 Cedric DJEUGOUE DF 28-08-92 / 21 175cm 3 (0) Coton Sport, Cameroon<br />
5 Dany NOUNKEU DF 11-04-86 / 28 183cm 15 (0) Besiktas, Turkey<br />
6 Alexandre SONG MF 09-09-87 / 26 183cm 46 (0) Barcelona, Spain<br />
7 Landry NGUEMO MF 28-11-85 / 28 172cm 39 (2) Girondins Bordeaux, France<br />
8 Benjamin MOUKANDJO FW 12-11-88 / 25 178cm 16 (2) Nancy, France<br />
9 Samuel ETOO FW 10-03-81 / 33 181cm 117 (54) Chelsea, England<br />
10 Vincent ABOUBAKAR FW 22-01-92 / 22 176cm 24 (2) Lorient, France<br />
11 Jean MAKOUN MF 29-05-83 / 31 170cm 67 (5) Stade Rennais, France<br />
12 Henri BEDIMO DF 04-06-84 / 30 176cm 30 (0) Olympique Lyonnais, France<br />
13 Eric CHOUPO MOTING FW 23-03-89 / 25 190cm 26 (13) Mainz, Germany<br />
14 Aurelien CHEDJOU DF 20-06-85 / 28 185cm 29 (1) Galatasaray, Turkey<br />
15 Pierre WEBO FW 20-01-82 / 32 180cm 54 (19) Fenerbahce, Turkey<br />
16 Charles ITANDJE GK 02-11-82 / 31 185cm 9 (0) Konyaspor, Turkey<br />
17 Stephane MBIA MF 20-05-86 / 28 190cm 49 (3) Sevilla, Spain<br />
18 Enoh EYONG MF 23-03-86 / 28 180cm 35 (2) Antalyaspor, Turkey<br />
19 Fabrice OLINGA FW 12-05-96 / 18 177cm 7 (1) Zulte Waregem, Belgium<br />
20 Edgar SALLI MF 17-08-92 / 21 163cm 8 (0) Lens, France<br />
21 Joel M<strong>AT</strong>IP MF 08-08-91 / 22 194cm 22 (0) Schalke, Germany<br />
22 Allan NYOM DF 10-05-88 / 26 170cm 9 (0) Granada, Spain<br />
23 Sammy NDJOCK GK 25-02-90 / 24 178cm 2 (0) Fethiyespor, Turkey<br />
COACH: Volker Finke (Germany) age 66 years<br />
Coach of Cameroon since 2013<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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CHILE<br />
Republic of Chile<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Population: 18 million<br />
Main language: Spanish<br />
Life expectancy: 80 years<br />
GDP per person: $22700<br />
Capital city: Santiago<br />
Association founded: 1895<br />
No. footballers / registered: 2,608,337 / 478,337<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 14<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 6 (Apr-98)<br />
Continental titles: 4 times Copa America runners up<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 10 (1930, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1974,<br />
1982, 1998, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Third 1962<br />
Biggest win: 5-2 v United States (1950)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-4 v West Germany (1982) & Brazil (1998)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as:<br />
CONMEBOL round robin third place<br />
Australia's record against Chile (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 4 0 1 3<br />
Under-23 4 1 2 1<br />
Under-20 14 2 5 7<br />
Under-17 8 4 3 1<br />
Group B<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Chile<br />
Population count (2011 census): 24900<br />
0.5 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 2.5 4.0 76.3 17.2<br />
Median age: 48.4 years<br />
Sex ratio: 91.9 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 6.0 81.4 12.7<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 77.8 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Bossley Park (NSW),<br />
Fairfield (NSW), Narre Warren South (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 Iraq W 6-0 Brondby<br />
06-09-13 Venezuela W 3-0 Santiago De Chile<br />
11-10-13 Colombia D 3-3 Barranquilla<br />
15-10-13 Ecuador W 2-1 Santiago De Chile<br />
15-11-13 England W 2-0 London<br />
19-11-13 Brazil L 1-2 Toronto<br />
22-01-14 Costa Rica W 4-0 Coquimbo<br />
05-03-14 Germany L 0-1 Stuttgart<br />
30-05-14 Egypt W 3-2 Santiago De Chile<br />
04-06-14 Northern Ireland W 2-0 Valparaiso<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – CHILE<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Claudio BRAVO GK 13-04-83 / 31 185cm 79 (0) Real Sociedad, Spain<br />
2 Eugenio MENA DF 18-07-88 / 25 174cm 25 (3) Santos, Brazil<br />
3 Miiko ALBORNOZ DF 30-11-90 / 23 180cm 2 (1) Malmo, Sweden<br />
4 Mauricio ISLA DF 12-06-88 / 26 177cm 47 (2) Juventus, Italy<br />
5 Francisco SILVA MF 11-02-86 / 28 178cm 12 (0) Osasuna, Spain<br />
6 Carlos CARMONA MF 21-02-87 / 27 179cm 45 (1) Atalanta Bergamo, Italy<br />
7 Alexis SANCHEZ FW 19-12-88 / 25 169cm 67 (22) Barcelona, Spain<br />
8 Arturo VIDAL MF 22-05-87 / 27 178cm 54 (8) Juventus, Italy<br />
9 Mauricio PINILLA FW 04-02-84 / 30 185cm 26 (5) Cagliari Calcio, Italy<br />
10 Jorge VALDIVIA MF 19-10-83 / 30 173cm 57 (4) Palmeiras, Brazil<br />
11 Eduardo VARGAS FW 20-11-89 / 24 175cm 30 (14) Valencia, Spain<br />
12 Cristopher TOSELLI GK 15-06-88 / 25 181cm 4 (0) Universidad Catolica, Chile<br />
13 Jose ROJAS DF 23-06-83 / 30 174cm 19 (1) Club Universidad de Chile, Chile<br />
14 Fabian ORELLANA FW 27-01-86 / 28 168cm 26 (2) Celta Vigo, Spain<br />
15 Jean BEAUSEJOUR MF 01-06-84 / 30 178cm 60 (5) Wigan Athletic, England<br />
16 Felipe GUTIERREZ MF 08-10-90 / 23 175cm 18 (1) Twente, Netherlands<br />
17 Gary MEDEL DF 03-08-87 / 26 171cm 61 (5) Cardiff City, Wales<br />
18 Gonzalo JARA DF 29-08-85 / 28 177cm 65 (3) Nottingham Forest, England<br />
19 Jose FUENZALIDA MF 22-02-85 / 29 170cm 23 (1) Colo-Colo, Chile<br />
20 Charles ARANGUIZ MF 17-04-89 / 25 171cm 21 (2) Internacional, Brazil<br />
21 Marcelo DIAZ MF 30-12-86 / 27 168cm 21 (1) Basel, Switzerland<br />
22 Esteban PAREDES FW 01-08-80 / 33 179cm 35 (10) Colo-Colo, Chile<br />
23 Johnny HERRERA GK 09-05-81 / 33 183cm 8 (0) Club Universidad de Chile, Chile<br />
COACH: Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina) age 54 years<br />
Coach of Chile since 2012<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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COLOMBIA<br />
Republic of Colombia<br />
Population: 48 million<br />
Main language: Spanish<br />
Life expectancy: 74 years<br />
GDP per person: $10600<br />
Capital city: Bogotá<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1924<br />
No. footballers / registered: 3,043,229 / 291,229<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 8<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 3 (Jul-13+)<br />
Continental titles: Winner Copa America 2001<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 5 (1962, 1990, 1994, 1998, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Round of sixteen 1990<br />
Biggest win: 2-0 v UAE (1990) & Switzerland (1994)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-5 v Yugoslavia (1962)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as:<br />
CONMEBOL round robin runners-up<br />
Australia's record against Colombia (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 3 0 1 2<br />
Under-20 4 1 1 2<br />
Group C<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Colombia<br />
Population count (2011 census): 11300<br />
0.2 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 4.9 12.4 79.3 3.3<br />
Median age: 32.5 years<br />
Sex ratio: 87.5 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 1.0 29.7 69.2<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 41.8 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Spring Hill (Qld),<br />
Melbourne (Vic), Brisbane City (Qld)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 Serbia W 1-0 Barcelona<br />
06-09-13 Ecuador W 1-0 Barranquilla<br />
10-09-13 Uruguay L 0-2 Montevideo<br />
11-10-13 Chile D 3-3 Barranquilla<br />
15-10-13 Paraguay W 2-1 Asuncion<br />
14-11-13 Belgium W 2-0 Brussels<br />
19-11-13 Netherlands D 0-0 Amsterdam<br />
05-03-14 Tunisia D 1-1 Barcelona<br />
31-05-14 Senegal D 2-2 Buenos Aires<br />
06-06-14 Jordan W 3-0 Buenos Aires<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – COLOMBIA<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 David OSPINA GK 31-08-88 / 25 183cm 43 (0) Nice, France<br />
2 Cristian ZAP<strong>AT</strong>A DF 30-09-86 / 27 187cm 23 (0) AC Milan, Italy<br />
3 Mario YEPES DF 13-01-76 / 38 186cm 97 (6) Atalanta Bergamo, Italy<br />
4 Santiago ARIAS DF 13-01-92 / 22 171cm 5 (0) PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands<br />
5 Aldo RAMIREZ MF 18-04-81 / 33 175cm 29 (1) Monarcas Morelia, Mexico<br />
6 Carlos SANCHEZ MF 06-02-86 / 28 182cm 43 (0) Elche, Spain<br />
7 Pablo ARMERO DF 02-11-86 / 27 174cm 52 (1) West Ham United, England<br />
8 Abel AGUILAR MF 06-01-85 / 29 187cm 48 (5) Toulouse, France<br />
9 Teofilo GUTIERREZ FW 17-05-85 / 29 180cm 29 (12) River Plate, Argentina<br />
10 James RODRIGUEZ MF 12-07-91 / 22 180cm 21 (4) Monaco, France<br />
11 Juan CUADRADO MF 26-05-88 / 26 178cm 27 (3) Fiorentina, Italy<br />
12 Camilo VARGAS GK 09-03-89 / 25 185cm 0 (0) lndependiente Santa, Colombia<br />
13 Fredy GUARIN MF 30-06-86 / 27 187cm 48 (3) Internazionale, Italy<br />
14 Victor IBARBO FW 19-05-90 / 24 188cm 8 (1) Cagliari Calcio, Italy<br />
15 Alexander MEJIA MF 11-07-88 / 25 179cm 8 (0) Atletico Nacional, Colombia<br />
16 Eder BALANTA DF 28-02-93 / 21 181cm 2 (0) River Plate, Argentina<br />
17 Carlos BACCA FW 08-09-86 / 27 181cm 10 (3) Sevilla, Spain<br />
18 Juan ZUNIGA DF 14-12-85 / 28 171cm 49 (1) Napoli, Italy<br />
19 Adrian RAMOS FW 22-01-86 / 28 184cm 25 (2) Hertha Berlin, Germany<br />
20 Juan QUINTERO MF 18-01-93 / 21 168cm 4 (0) Porto, Portugal<br />
21 Jackson MARTINEZ FW 03-10-86 / 27 186cm 27 (8) Porto, Portugal<br />
22 Faryd MONDRAGON GK 21-06-71 / 42 191cm 50 (0) Deportivo Cali, Colombia<br />
23 Carlos VALDES DF 22-05-85 / 29 189cm 13 (2) San Lorenzo, Argentina<br />
COACH: Jose Pekerman (Argentina) age 64 years<br />
Coach of Colombia since 2012<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2006 (Argentina) Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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COSTA RICA<br />
Republic of Costa Rica<br />
Population: 4.9 million<br />
Main language: Spanish<br />
Life expectancy: 80 years<br />
GDP per person: $12900<br />
Capital city: San José<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1921<br />
No. footballers / registered: 1,084,588 / 50,588<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 28<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 17 (May-03+)<br />
Continental titles: 2 times CONCACAF Championship<br />
winners (1963, 1969)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 4 (1990, 2002, 2006, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Round of sixteen 1990<br />
Biggest win: 2-1 v Sweden (1990)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-3 v Ecuador (2006)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as:<br />
CONCACAF fourth round runners-up<br />
Australia's record against Costa Rica (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 1 1 0 0<br />
Under-23 1 1 0 0<br />
Under-20 6 4 0 2<br />
Under-17 1 0 0 1<br />
Group D<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Costa Rica<br />
Population count (2011 census): 400<br />
0.01 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 6.2 10.9 75.7 7.2<br />
Median age: 34.9 years<br />
Sex ratio: 108.1 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 11.5 54.9 33.6<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 74.7 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Randwick (NSW),<br />
Annandale (NSW), Carlton (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
09-07-13 Cuba W 3-0 Portland<br />
13-07-13 Belize W 1-0 Sandy<br />
11-10-13 Honduras L 0-1 San Pedro Sula<br />
15-10-13 Mexico W 2-1 San Jose<br />
19-11-13 Australia L 0-1 Sydney<br />
22-01-14 Chile L 0-4 Coquimbo<br />
25-01-14 Korea Republic L 0-1 Los Angeles<br />
05-03-14 Paraguay W 2-1 San Jose<br />
02-06-14 Japan L 1-3 Tampa<br />
06-06-14 Rep. of Ireland D 1-1 Foxborough<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – COSTA RICA<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Keylor NAVAS GK 15-12-86 / 27 184cm 52 (0) Levante, Spain<br />
2 Johnny ACOSTA DF 21-07-83 / 30 175cm 26 (1) Alajuelense, Costa Rica<br />
3 Giancarlo GONZALEZ DF 08-02-88 / 26 192cm 34 (2) Columbus Crew, USA<br />
4 Michael UMANA DF 16-07-82 / 31 180cm 81 (1) Deportivo Saprissa, Costa Rica<br />
5 Celso BORGES MF 27-05-88 / 26 184cm 61 (13) Solna, Sweden<br />
6 Oscar DUARTE DF 03-06-89 / 25 184cm 10 (0) Club Brugge, Belgium<br />
7 Christian BOLANOS MF 17-05-84 / 30 178cm 54 (2) Kobenhavn, Denmark<br />
8 Heiner MORA DF 20-06-84 / 29 179cm 21 (1) Deportivo Saprissa, Costa Rica<br />
9 Joel CAMPBELL FW 26-06-92 / 21 178cm 32 (9) Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece<br />
10 Bryan RUIZ FW 18-08-85 / 28 187cm 62 (13) PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands<br />
11 Michael BARRANTES MF 04-10-83 / 30 177cm 50 (4) Aalesunds, Norway<br />
12 Waylon FRANCIS DF 20-09-90 / 23 175cm 1 (0) Columbus Crew, USA<br />
13 Oscar GRANADOS MF 25-10-85 / 28 183cm 11 (0) Herediano, Costa Rica<br />
14 Randall BRENES FW 13-08-83 / 30 170cm 39 (8) Cartagines, Costa Rica<br />
15 Junior DIAZ DF 12-09-83 / 30 185cm 61 (1) Mainz, Germany<br />
16 Cristian GAMBOA DF 24-10-89 / 24 175cm 25 (1) Rosenborg, Norway<br />
17 Yeltsin TEJEDA MF 17-03-92 / 22 179cm 22 (0) Deportivo Saprissa, Costa Rica<br />
18 Patrick PEMBERTON GK 24-04-82 / 32 178cm 20 (0) Alajuelense, Costa Rica<br />
19 Roy MILLER DF 24-11-84 / 29 189cm 47 (1) New York Red Bulls, USA<br />
20 Diego CALVO MF 25-03-91 / 23 178cm 9 (1) Valerenga, Norway<br />
21 Marcos URENA FW 05-03-90 / 24 179cm 23 (7) Kuban Krasnodar, Russia<br />
22 Jose CUBERO MF 14-02-87 / 27 178cm 35 (2) Herediano, Costa Rica<br />
23 Daniel CAMBRONERO GK 08-01-86 / 28 181cm 2 (0) Herediano, Costa Rica<br />
COACH: Jorge Luis Pinto (Colombia) age 62 years<br />
Coach of Costa Rica since 2011 (also 2004-2005)<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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CÔTE D’IVOIRE<br />
Republic of Ivory Coast<br />
Population: 20 million<br />
Main language: French<br />
Life expectancy: 51 years<br />
GDP per person: $2000<br />
Capital city: Yamoussoukro<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1960<br />
No. footballers / registered: 801,700 / 23,200<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 23<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 12 (Feb-13+)<br />
Continental titles: African Cup winners 1992<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 3 (2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Group stage<br />
Biggest win: 3-0 v Korea DPR (2010)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-3 v Brazil (2010)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: CAF play-off winners<br />
(v Senegal)<br />
Australia's record against Côte d’Ivoire (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Under-23 1 0 0 1<br />
Under-17 1 1 0 0<br />
Group C<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Côte d’Ivoire<br />
Population count (2011 census): 400<br />
0.01 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 47.3 25.3 26.7 0.7<br />
Median age: 15.5 years<br />
Sex ratio: 111.5 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 1.2 15.0 83.8<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 52.5 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Blacktown (NSW),<br />
Mount Druitt (NSW), Lalor (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
16-06-13 Tanzania W 4-2 Dar Es Salaam<br />
06-07-13 Nigeria L 1-4 Kaduna<br />
27-07-13 Nigeria W 2-0 Abidjan<br />
14-08-13 Mexico L 1-4 New York<br />
07-09-13 Morocco D 1-1 Abidjan<br />
12-10-13 Senegal W 3-1 Abidjan<br />
16-11-13 Senegal D 1-1 Casablanca<br />
05-03-14 Belgium D 2-2 Brussels<br />
30-05-14 Bosnia L 1-2 St Louis<br />
04-06-14 El Salvador W 2-1 Frisco<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – COTE D'IVOIRE<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Boubacar BARRY GK 30-12-79 / 34 180cm 77 (0) Lokeren, Belgium<br />
2 Ousmane DIARRASSOUBA DF 21-12-86 / 27 186cm 1 (0) Caykur Rizespor, Turkey<br />
3 Arthur BOKA DF 02-04-83 / 31 166cm 78 (1) VfB Stuttgart, Germany<br />
4 Kolo TOURE DF 19-03-81 / 33 183cm 107 (6) Liverpool, England<br />
5 Didier ZOKORA DF 14-12-80 / 33 183cm 119 (1) Trabzonspor, Turkey<br />
6 Mathis BOLLY MF 14-11-90 / 23 185cm 4 (0) Fortuna Duesseldorf, Germany<br />
7 Jean Daniel AKPA DF 11-10-92 / 21 180cm 1 (0) Toulouse, France<br />
8 Salomon KALOU FW 05-08-85 / 28 175cm 67 (22) Lille, France<br />
9 Ismael TIOTE MF 21-06-86 / 27 175cm 43 (1) Newcastle United, England<br />
10 GERVINHO FW 27-05-87 / 27 179cm 53 (14) Roma, Italy<br />
11 Didier DROGBA FW 11-03-78 / 36 180cm 101 (62) Galatasaray, Turkey<br />
12 Wilfried BONY FW 10-12-88 / 25 182cm 24 (8) Swansea City, Wales<br />
13 Konan YA MF 22-05-84 / 30 174cm 25 (7) Hannover, Germany<br />
14 Ismael DIOMANDE MF 28-08-92 / 21 180cm 2 (0) Saint-Etienne, France<br />
15 Max GRADEL MF 30-11-87 / 26 177cm 26 (3) Saint-Etienne, France<br />
16 Sylvain GBOHOUO GK 29-10-88 / 25 190cm 2 (0) Sewe Sport, Côte d'Ivoire<br />
17 Serge AURIER DF 24-12-92 / 21 176cm 8 (0) Toulouse, France<br />
18 Constant DJAKPA DF 17-10-86 / 27 177cm 5 (0) Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany<br />
19 Yaya TOURE MF 13-05-83 / 31 189cm 82 (16) Manchester City, England<br />
20 Die SEREY MF 07-11-84 / 29 179cm 7 (0) Basel, Switzerland<br />
21 Giovanni SIO FW 31-03-89 / 25 180cm 7 (0) Basel, Switzerland<br />
22 Souleymane BAMBA DF 13-01-85 / 29 190cm 43 (2) Trabzonspor, Turkey<br />
23 Sayouba MANDE GK 15-06-93 / 20 193cm 1 (0) Stabaek, Norway<br />
COACH: Sabri Lamouchi (France) age 42 years<br />
Coach of Côte d’Ivoire since 2012<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Republic of Croatia<br />
Population: 4.3 million<br />
Main language: Croatian<br />
Life expectancy: 77 years<br />
GDP per person: $20500<br />
Capital city: Zagreb<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1912<br />
No. footballers / registered: 362,514 / 109,799<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 18<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 3 (Jan-99+)<br />
Continental titles: -<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 4 (1998, 2002, 2006, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Third 1998<br />
Biggest win: 3-0 v Germany (1998)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-2 v France (1998)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA play-off winners<br />
(v Iceland)<br />
Australia's record against Croatia (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 6 2 2 2<br />
Under-23 1 1 0 0<br />
Under-17 1 1 0 0<br />
Group A<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Croatia<br />
Population count (2011 census): 48800<br />
0.9 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 0.4 3.9 55.5 40.2<br />
Median age: 61.2 years<br />
Sex ratio: 101.5 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 57.9 36.1 6.1<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 96.8 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Liverpool (NSW),<br />
St Albans (Vic), Bell Park (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 Liechtenstein W 3-2 Vaduz<br />
06-09-13 Serbia D 1-1 Belgrade<br />
10-09-13 Korea Republic W 2-1 Jeonju<br />
11-10-13 Belgium L 1-2 Zagreb<br />
15-10-13 Scotland L 0-2 Glasgow<br />
15-11-13 Iceland D 0-0 Reykjavik<br />
19-11-13 Iceland W 2-0 Zagreb<br />
05-03-14 Switzerland D 2-2 St Gall<br />
31-05-14 Mali W 2-1 Osijek<br />
06-06-14 Australia W 1-0 Salvador<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Stipe PLETIKOSA GK 08-01-79 / 35 193cm 110 (0) Rostov, Russia<br />
2 Sime VRSALJKO DF 10-01-92 / 22 183cm 6 (0) Genoa, Italy<br />
3 Danijel PRANJIC DF 02-12-81 / 32 172cm 49 (0) Panathinaikos, Greece<br />
4 Ivan PERISIC MF 02-02-89 / 25 187cm 28 (3) VfL Wolfsburg, Germany<br />
5 Vedran CORLUKA DF 05-02-86 / 28 192cm 72 (4) Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia<br />
6 Dejan LOVREN DF 05-07-89 / 24 188cm 24 (2) Southampton, England<br />
7 Ivan RAKITIC MF 10-03-88 / 26 184cm 61 (9) Sevilla, Spain<br />
8 Ognjen VUKOJEVIC MF 20-12-83 / 30 184cm 55 (4) Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine<br />
9 Nikica JELAVIC FW 27-08-85 / 28 187cm 32 (5) Hull City, England<br />
10 Luka MODRIC MF 09-09-85 / 28 173cm 74 (8) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
11 Darijo SRNA DF 01-05-82 / 32 182cm 111 (21) Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine<br />
12 Oliver ZELENIKA GK 14-05-93 / 21 192cm 0 (0) Lokomotiva Zagreb, Croatia<br />
13 Gordon SCHILDENFELD DF 18-03-85 / 29 191cm 21 (0) Panathinaikos, Greece<br />
14 Marcelo BROZOVIC MF 16-11-92 / 21 180cm 0 (0) Dinamo Zagreb, Croatia<br />
15 Ivan MOCINIC MF 30-04-93 / 21 180cm 0 (0) Rijeka, Croatia<br />
16 Ante REBIC FW 21-09-93 / 20 185cm 4 (1) Fiorentina, Italy<br />
17 Mario MANDZUKIC FW 21-05-86 / 28 188cm 49 (13) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
18 Ivica OLIC FW 14-09-79 / 34 183cm 91 (18) VfL Wolfsburg, Germany<br />
19 SAMMIR MF 23-04-87 / 27 178cm 5 (0) Getafe, Spain<br />
20 Mateo KOVACIC MF 06-05-94 / 20 181cm 9 (0) Internazionale, Italy<br />
21 Domagoj VIDA DF 29-04-89 / 25 184cm 22 (1) Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine<br />
22 EDUARDO FW 25-02-83 / 31 177cm 62 (29) Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine<br />
23 Danijel SUBASIC GK 27-10-84 / 29 191cm 6 (0) Monaco, France<br />
COACH: Nico Kovac (Croatia) age 42 years<br />
Coach of Croatia since 2013<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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ECUADOR<br />
Republic of Ecuador<br />
Population: 16 million<br />
Main language: Spanish<br />
Life expectancy: 76 years<br />
GDP per person: $9700<br />
Capital city: Quito<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1925<br />
No. footballers / registered: 1,029,655 / 30,855<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 26<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 10 (Apr-13+)<br />
Continental titles: -<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 3 (2002, 2006, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Round of sixteen 2006<br />
Biggest win: 3-0 v Costa Rica (2006)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-3 v Germany (2006)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as:<br />
CONMEBOL round robin fourth place<br />
Australia's record against Ecuador (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 1 0 0 1<br />
Under-20 1 0 1 0<br />
Under-17 1 0 1 0<br />
Group E<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Ecuador<br />
Population count (2011 census): 1700<br />
0.03 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 4.3 9.5 71.2 15.0<br />
Median age: 44.0 years<br />
Sex ratio: 93.3 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 6.0 65.2 28.9<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 76.2 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Dulwich Hill (NSW),<br />
Marrickville (NSW), Rosebery (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 Spain L 0-2 Guayaquil<br />
06-09-13 Colombia L 0-1 Barranquilla<br />
11-10-13 Uruguay W 1-0 Quito<br />
15-10-13 Chile L 1-2 Santiago De Chile<br />
15-11-13 Argentina D 0-0 New York<br />
19-11-13 Honduras D 2-2 Houston<br />
05-03-14 Australia W 4-3 London<br />
17-05-14 Netherlands D 1-1 Amsterdam<br />
31-05-14 Mexico L 1-3 Arlington<br />
04-06-14 England D 2-2 Miami Gardens<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – ECUADOR<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Maximo BANGUERA GK 16-12-85 / 28 187cm 25 (0) Barcelona, Ecuador<br />
2 Jorge GUAGUA DF 28-09-81 / 32 179cm 59 (2) Emelec, Ecuador<br />
3 Frickson ERAZO DF 05-05-88 / 26 189cm 37 (1) Flamengo, Brazil<br />
4 Juan PAREDES DF 08-07-87 / 26 179cm 38 (0) Barcelona, Ecuador<br />
5 Alex IBARRA MF 20-01-91 / 23 171cm 19 (0) Vitesse Arnheim, Netherlands<br />
6 Cristhian NOBOA MF 09-04-85 / 29 181cm 42 (2) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
7 Jefferson MONTERO MF 01-09-89 / 24 170cm 40 (8) Monarcas Morelia, Mexico<br />
8 Edison MENDEZ MF 16-03-79 / 35 175cm 111 (18) lndependiente Santa, Colombia<br />
9 Joao ROJAS FW 14-06-89 / 24 173cm 30 (2) Cruz Azul, Mexico<br />
10 Walter AYOVI MF 11-08-79 / 34 173cm 90 (8) Pachuca, Mexico<br />
11 Felipe CAICEDO FW 05-09-88 / 25 183cm 50 (15) Al Jazira, UAE<br />
12 Adrian BONE GK 08-09-88 / 25 188cm 3 (0) El Nacional, Ecuador<br />
13 Enner VALENCIA FW 04-11-89 / 24 179cm 10 (4) Pachuca, Mexico<br />
14 Segundo CASTILLO MF 15-05-82 / 32 180cm 81 (9) Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia<br />
15 Michael ARROYO MF 23-04-87 / 27 178cm 20 (3) Atlante, Mexico<br />
16 Antonio VALENCIA MF 04-08-85 / 28 180cm 71 (8) Manchester United, England<br />
17 Jaimen AYOVI FW 21-02-88 / 26 186cm 30 (9) Club Tijuana, Mexico<br />
18 Oscar BAGUI DF 10-12-82 / 31 170cm 21 (0) Emelec, Ecuador<br />
19 Luis SARITAMA MF 20-10-83 / 30 175cm 49 (0) Barcelona, Ecuador<br />
20 Fidel MARTINEZ MF 15-02-90 / 24 176cm 8 (2) Club Tijuana, Mexico<br />
21 Gabriel ACHILIER DF 24-03-85 / 29 183cm 23 (0) Emelec, Ecuador<br />
22 Alexander DOMINGUEZ GK 05-06-87 / 27 196cm 18 (0) Quito, Ecuador<br />
23 Carlos GRUEZO MF 19-04-95 / 19 171cm 3 (0) VfB Stuttgart, Germany<br />
COACH: Reinaldo Rueda (Colombia) age 57 years<br />
Coach of Ecuador since 2010<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2010 (Honduras) Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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ENGLAND<br />
England<br />
Population: 53 million<br />
Main language: English<br />
Life expectancy: 81 years<br />
GDP per person: $35800<br />
Capital city: London<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1963<br />
No. footballers / registered: 4,164,110 / 1,485,910<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 10<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 3 (Jul-12+)<br />
Continental titles: -<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 14 (1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970,<br />
1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Winners 1966<br />
Biggest win: by 3 goals (several times)<br />
Biggest loss: 2-4 v Uruguay (1954)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group H winners<br />
Australia's record against England (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 6 1 2 3<br />
Under-20 3 0 1 2<br />
Under-17 1 0 0 1<br />
Group D<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in England<br />
Population count (2011 census): 911600<br />
17.2 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 5.3 4.4 61.9 28.4<br />
Median age: 53.6 years<br />
Sex ratio: 101.7 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 40.6 37.2 22.2<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 68.6 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Mosman (NSW),<br />
Berwick (Vic), Canning Vale (WA)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
06-09-13 Moldova W 4-0 London<br />
10-09-13 Ukraine D 0-0 Kyiv<br />
11-10-13 Montenegro W 4-1 London<br />
15-10-13 Poland W 2-0 London<br />
15-11-13 Chile L 0-2 London<br />
19-11-13 Germany L 0-1 London<br />
05-03-14 Denmark W 1-0 London<br />
30-05-14 Peru W 3-0 London<br />
04-06-14 Ecuador D 2-2 Miami Gardens<br />
07-06-14 Honduras D 0-0 Miami Gardens<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – ENGLAND<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Joe HART GK 19-04-87 / 27 191cm 40 (0) Manchester City, England<br />
2 Glen JOHNSON DF 23-08-84 / 29 180cm 51 (1) Liverpool, England<br />
3 Leighton BAINES DF 11-12-84 / 29 172cm 23 (1) Everton, England<br />
4 Steven GERRARD MF 30-05-80 / 34 185cm 110 (21) Liverpool, England<br />
5 Gary CAHILL DF 19-12-85 / 28 191cm 23 (3) Chelsea, England<br />
6 Phil JAGIELKA DF 17-08-82 / 31 183cm 25 (2) Everton, England<br />
7 Jack WILSHERE MF 01-01-92 / 22 172cm 17 (0) Arsenal, England<br />
8 Frank LAMPARD MF 20-06-78 / 35 181cm 104 (29) Chelsea, England<br />
9 Daniel STURRIDGE FW 01-09-89 / 24 179cm 11 (4) Liverpool, England<br />
10 Wayne ROONEY FW 24-10-85 / 28 176cm 91 (39) Manchester United, England<br />
11 Danny WELBECK FW 26-11-90 / 23 184cm 23 (8) Manchester United, England<br />
12 Chris SMALLING DF 22-11-89 / 24 194cm 12 (0) Manchester United, England<br />
13 Ben FOSTER GK 03-04-83 / 31 193cm 7 (0) West Bromwich Albion, England<br />
14 Jordan HENDERSON MF 17-06-90 / 23 187cm 10 (0) Liverpool, England<br />
15 Alex OXLADE CHAMBERLAIN MF 15-08-93 / 20 180cm 15 (3) Arsenal, England<br />
16 Phil JONES DF 21-02-92 / 22 185cm 10 (0) Manchester United, England<br />
17 James MILNER MF 04-01-86 / 28 175cm 47 (1) Manchester City, England<br />
18 Rickie LAMBERT FW 16-02-82 / 32 188cm 5 (3) Southampton, England<br />
19 Raheem STERLING MF 08-12-94 / 19 170cm 4 (0) Liverpool, England<br />
20 Adam LALLANA MF 10-05-88 / 26 179cm 5 (0) Southampton, England<br />
21 Ross BARKLEY MF 05-12-93 / 20 185cm 5 (0) Everton, England<br />
22 Fraser FORSTER GK 17-03-88 / 26 201cm 1 (0) Celtic, Scotland<br />
23 Luke SHAW DF 12-07-95 / 18 184cm 2 (0) Southampton, England<br />
COACH: Roy Hodgson (England) age 66 years<br />
Coach of England since 2012<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 1994 (Switzerland) Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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FRANCE<br />
French Republic<br />
Population: 64 million<br />
Main language: French<br />
Life expectancy: 82 years<br />
GDP per person: $35800<br />
Capital city: Paris<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1919<br />
No. footballers / registered: 4,190,040 / 1,794,940<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 17<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 1 (May-01+)<br />
Continental titles: 2 times European Championship<br />
winners (1984, 2000)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 14 (1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966,<br />
1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Winners 1998<br />
Biggest win: 7-3 v Paraguay (1958)<br />
Biggest loss: 2-5 v Brazil (1958)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA play-off winners<br />
(v Ukraine)<br />
Australia's record against France (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 4 1 1 2<br />
Under-23 1 0 0 1<br />
Under-17 1 0 0 1<br />
Group E<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in France<br />
Population count (2011 census): 24700<br />
0.5 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 6.3 9.8 69.7 14.2<br />
Median age: 41.7 years<br />
Sex ratio: 103.7 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 20.7 36.5 42.7<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 59.2 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Maroubra (NSW),<br />
St Kilda (Vic), Manly (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 Belgium D 0-0 Brussels<br />
06-09-13 Georgia D 0-0 Tbilisi<br />
11-10-13 Australia W 6-0 Paris<br />
15-10-13 Finland W 3-0 Paris/Saint-Denis<br />
15-11-13 Ukraine L 0-2 Kyiv<br />
19-11-13 Ukraine W 3-0 Saint-Denis<br />
05-03-14 Netherlands W 2-0 Paris/Saint-Denis<br />
27-05-14 Norway W 4-0 Paris/Saint-Denis<br />
01-06-14 Paraguay D 1-1 Nice<br />
08-06-14 Jamaica W 8-0 Lille<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – FRANCE<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Hugo LLORIS GK 26-12-86 / 27 188cm 56 (0) Tottenham Hotspur, England<br />
2 Mathieu DEBUCHY DF 28-07-85 / 28 178cm 20 (2) Newcastle United, England<br />
3 Patrice EVRA DF 15-05-81 / 33 171cm 57 (0) Manchester United, England<br />
4 Raphael VARANE DF 25-04-93 / 21 191cm 5 (0) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
5 Mamadou SAKHO DF 13-02-90 / 24 186cm 18 (2) Liverpool, England<br />
6 Yohan CABAYE MF 14-01-86 / 28 175cm 29 (2) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
7 Franck RIBERY FW 07-04-83 / 31 175cm 81 (16) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
8 Mathieu VALBUENA MF 28-09-84 / 29 167cm 33 (5) Olympique Marseille, France<br />
9 Olivier GIROUD FW 30-09-86 / 27 192cm 29 (7) Arsenal, England<br />
10 Karim BENZEMA FW 19-12-87 / 26 185cm 65 (19) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
11 Antoine GRIEZMANN FW 21-03-91 / 23 175cm 3 (1) Real Sociedad, Spain<br />
12 Rio MAVUBA MF 08-03-84 / 30 172cm 11 (0) Lille, France<br />
13 Eliaquim MANGALA DF 13-02-91 / 23 188cm 3 (0) Porto, Portugal<br />
14 Blaise M<strong>AT</strong>UIDI MF 09-04-87 / 27 175cm 22 (1) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
15 Bacary SAGNA DF 14-02-83 / 31 175cm 40 (0) Arsenal, England<br />
16 Stephane RUFFIER GK 27-09-86 / 27 188cm 2 (0) Saint-Etienne, France<br />
17 Lucas DIGNE DF 20-07-93 / 20 179cm 2 (0) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
18 Moussa SISSOKO MF 16-08-89 / 24 187cm 16 (0) Newcastle United, England<br />
19 Paul POGBA MF 15-03-93 / 21 192cm 10 (2) Juventus, Italy<br />
20 Loic REMY FW 02-01-87 / 27 185cm 24 (5) Newcastle United, England<br />
21 Laurent KOSCIELNY DF 10-09-85 / 28 185cm 17 (0) Arsenal, England<br />
22 Clement GRENIER MF 07-01-91 / 23 186cm 5 (0) Olympique Lyonnais, France<br />
23 Mickael LANDREAU GK 14-05-79 / 35 184cm 11 (0) Bastia, France<br />
COACH: Didier Deschamps (France) age 45 years<br />
Coach of France since 2012<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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GERMANY<br />
Federal Republic of Germany<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Population: 83 million<br />
Main language: German<br />
Life expectancy: 81 years<br />
GDP per person: $40400<br />
Capital city: Berlin<br />
Association founded: 1900<br />
No. footballers / registered: 16,308,946 / 6,308,946<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 2<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 1 (Aug-93+)<br />
Continental titles: 3 times European Championship<br />
winners (1972, 1980, 1996)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 18 (1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962,<br />
1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994,<br />
1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Winners 1954, 1974, 1990<br />
Biggest win: 8-0 v Saudi Arabia (2002)<br />
Biggest loss: 3-8 v Hungary (1954)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group C winners<br />
Australia's record against Germany (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 4 1 0 3<br />
Under-20 3 1 1 1<br />
Under-17 3 2 1 0<br />
Group G<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Germany<br />
Population count (2011 census): 108000<br />
2.0 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 2.5 3.9 54.8 38.8<br />
Median age: 62.7 years<br />
Sex ratio: 90.6 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 58.4 25.4 16.2<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 69.9 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: St Albans (Vic),<br />
Boronia (Vic), Frankston (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 Paraguay D 3-3 Kaiserslautern<br />
06-09-13 Austria W 3-0 Munich<br />
11-10-13 Rep. of Ireland W 3-0 Cologne<br />
15-10-13 Sweden W 5-3 Solna<br />
15-11-13 Italy D 1-1 Milan<br />
19-11-13 England W 1-0 London<br />
05-03-14 Chile W 1-0 Stuttgart<br />
13-05-14 Poland D 0-0 Hamburg<br />
01-06-14 Cameroon D 2-2 Moenchengladbach<br />
06-06-14 Armenia W 6-1 Mainz<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – GERMANY<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Manuel NEUER GK 27-03-86 / 28 193cm 45 (0) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
2 Kevin GROSSKREUTZ DF 19-07-88 / 25 186cm 4 (0) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
3 Matthias GINTER DF 19-01-94 / 20 187cm 2 (0) Freiburg, Germany<br />
4 Benedikt HOEWEDES DF 29-02-88 / 26 187cm 20 (1) Schalke, Germany<br />
5 Mats HUMMELS DF 16-12-88 / 25 192cm 29 (2) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
6 Sami KHEDIRA MF 04-04-87 / 27 189cm 45 (4) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
7 Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER MF 01-08-84 / 29 183cm 101 (23) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
8 Mesut OEZIL MF 15-10-88 / 25 180cm 54 (17) Arsenal, England<br />
9 Andre SCHUERRLE FW 06-11-90 / 23 184cm 32 (12) Chelsea, England<br />
10 Lukas PODOLSKI FW 04-06-85 / 29 180cm 113 (46) Arsenal, England<br />
11 Miroslav KLOSE FW 09-06-78 / 36 182cm 131 (68) Lazio, Italy<br />
12 Ron-Robert ZIELER GK 12-02-89 / 25 187cm 3 (0) Hannover, Germany<br />
13 Thomas MUELLER FW 13-09-89 / 24 186cm 48 (17) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
14 Julian DRAXLER MF 20-09-93 / 20 185cm 11 (1) Schalke, Germany<br />
15 Erik DURM DF 12-05-92 / 22 183cm 1 (0) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
16 Philipp LAHM MF 11-11-83 / 30 170cm 105 (5) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
17 Per MERTESACKER DF 29-09-84 / 29 198cm 97 (4) Arsenal, England<br />
18 Toni KROOS MF 04-01-90 / 24 182cm 43 (5) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
19 Mario GOETZE FW 03-06-92 / 22 176cm 28 (7) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
20 Jerome BO<strong>AT</strong>ENG DF 03-09-88 / 25 192cm 38 (0) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
21 Marco REUS FW 31-05-89 / 25 180cm 20 (7) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
22 Roman WEIDENFELLER GK 06-08-80 / 33 188cm 2 (0) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
23 Christoph KRAMER MF 19-02-91 / 23 189cm 2 (0) B.Moenchengladbach, Germany<br />
COACH: Joachim Loew (Germany) age 54 years<br />
Coach of Germany since 2006 (assistant 2004-2006)<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2010 (Germany)<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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GHANA<br />
Republic of Ghana<br />
Population: 26 million<br />
Main language: English<br />
Life expectancy: 61 years<br />
GDP per person: $2000<br />
Capital city: Accra<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1957<br />
No. footballers / registered: 987,500 / 27,500<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 37<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 14 (Feb-08+)<br />
Continental titles: 4 times African Cup winners<br />
(1963, 1965, 1978, 1982)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 3 (2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Round of sixteen 2006<br />
Biggest win: 2-0 v Czech Republic (2006)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-3 v Brazil (2006)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: CAF play-off winners<br />
(v Egypt)<br />
Australia's record against Ghana (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 7 4 2 1<br />
Under-23 2 0 0 2<br />
Under-17 1 0 0 1<br />
Group G<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Ghana<br />
Population count (2011 census): 3900<br />
0.1 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 12.4 13.4 71.7 2.5<br />
Median age: 36.1 years<br />
Sex ratio: 112.7 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 3.6 43.3 53.1<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 64.9 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Bankstown (NSW),<br />
Blacktown (NSW), Liverpool (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
04-01-14 Namibia W 1-0 Windhoek<br />
13-01-14 Congo W 1-0 Mangaung<br />
17-01-14 Libya D 1-1 Mangaung<br />
21-01-14 Ethiopia W 1-0 Mangaung<br />
26-01-14 Congo DR W 1-0 Mangaung<br />
29-01-14 Nigeria D 0-0 Mangaung<br />
01-02-14 Libya D 0-0 Cape Town<br />
05-03-14 Montenegro L 0-1 Podgorica<br />
31-05-14 Netherlands L 0-1 Rotterdam<br />
09-06-14 Korea Republic W 4-0 Miami<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 17<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – GHANA<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Stephen ADAMS GK 28-09-89 / 24 177cm 6 (0) Aduana Stars, Ghana<br />
2 Samuel INKOOM DF 01-06-89 / 25 179cm 46 (1) Platanias, Greece<br />
3 Asamoah GYAN FW 22-11-85 / 28 186cm 77 (38) Al Ain, UAE<br />
4 Daniel OPARE DF 18-10-90 / 23 172cm 16 (0) Standard Liege, Belgium<br />
5 Michael ESSIEN MF 03-12-82 / 31 180cm 57 (9) AC Milan, Italy<br />
6 Acquah AFRIYIE MF 01-05-92 / 22 162cm 4 (1) Parma, Italy<br />
7 Christian <strong>AT</strong>SU MF 10-01-92 / 22 165cm 22 (4) Vitesse Arnheim, Netherlands<br />
8 Emmanuel AGYEMANG BADU MF 02-12-90 / 23 173cm 47 (7) Udinese Calcio, Italy<br />
9 Kevin Prince BO<strong>AT</strong>ENG FW 06-03-87 / 27 182cm 12 (2) Schalke, Germany<br />
10 Andre AYEW MF 17-12-89 / 24 175cm 47 (4) Olympique Marseille, France<br />
11 Sulley MUNTARI MF 27-08-84 / 29 179cm 80 (21) AC Milan, Italy<br />
12 Adam KWARASEY GK 12-12-87 / 26 190cm 21 (0) Stromsgodset, Norway<br />
13 Jordan AYEW FW 11-09-91 / 22 160cm 12 (2) Sochaux-Montbeliard, France<br />
14 Albert ADOMAH MF 13-12-87 / 26 162cm 14 (1) Middlesbrough, England<br />
15 Rashid SUMAILA DF 18-12-92 / 21 160cm 8 (0) Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa<br />
16 Fatawu DAUDA GK 06-04-85 / 29 180cm 17 (0) Orlando Pirates, South Africa<br />
17 Mohammed RABIU MF 31-12-89 / 24 189cm 16 (0) Kuban Krasnodar, Russia<br />
18 Majeed WARIS FW 19-09-91 / 22 172cm 12 (3) Valenciennes, France<br />
19 Jonathan MENSAH DF 13-07-90 / 23 182cm 25 (1) Evian TG, France<br />
20 Kwadwo ASAMOAH MF 09-12-88 / 25 168cm 61 (4) Juventus, Italy<br />
21 John BOYE DF 23-04-87 / 27 160cm 29 (3) Stade Rennais, France<br />
22 Mubarak WAKASO MF 25-07-90 / 23 171cm 16 (7) Rubin Kazan, Russia<br />
23 Harrison AFFUL DF 24-07-86 / 27 168cm 40 (0) Esperance Sportive, Tunisia<br />
COACH: Akwasi Appiah (Ghana) age 54 years<br />
Coach of Ghana since 2011<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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GREECE<br />
Hellenic Republic<br />
Population: 11 million<br />
Main language: Greek<br />
Life expectancy: 81 years<br />
GDP per person: $24700<br />
Capital city: Athens<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1926<br />
No. footballers / registered: 760,621 / 359,221<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 12<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 8 (Apr-08+)<br />
Continental titles: European Championship winners 2004<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 3 (1994, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Group stage<br />
Biggest win: 2-1 v Nigeria (2010)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-4 v Argentina & Bulgaria (1994)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA play-off winners<br />
(v Romania)<br />
Australia's record against Greece (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 9 3 3 3<br />
Under-23 1 0 1 0<br />
Under-20 1 0 0 1<br />
Group C<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Greece<br />
Population count (2011 census): 99900<br />
1.9 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 0.8 1.0 39.1 59.2<br />
Median age: 65.2 years<br />
Sex ratio: 95.5 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 81.0 16.9 2.0<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 97.3 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Earlwood (NSW),<br />
Reservoir (Vic), Marrickville (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
06-09-13 Liechtenstein W 1-0 Vaduz<br />
10-09-13 Latvia W 1-0 Piraeus<br />
11-10-13 Slovakia W 1-0 Piraeus<br />
15-10-13 Liechtenstein W 2-0 Piraeus<br />
15-11-13 Romania W 3-1 Piraeus<br />
19-11-13 Romania D 1-1 Bucharest<br />
05-03-14 Korea Republic L 0-2 Piraeus<br />
31-05-14 Portugal D 0-0 Lisbon<br />
03-06-14 Nigeria D 0-0 Chester<br />
06-06-14 Bolivia W 2-1 Harrison<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – GREECE<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Orestis KARNEZIS GK 11-07-85 / 28 189cm 18 (0) Granada, Spain<br />
2 Ioannis MANI<strong>AT</strong>IS MF 12-10-86 / 27 178cm 29 (0) Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece<br />
3 Georgios TZAVELAS DF 26-11-87 / 26 183cm 13 (0) PAOK, Greece<br />
4 Konstantinos MANOLAS DF 14-06-91 / 22 186cm 8 (0) Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece<br />
5 Vangelis MORAS DF 26-08-81 / 32 193cm 18 (0) Verona, Italy<br />
6 Alexandros TZIOLIS MF 13-02-85 / 29 190cm 49 (1) Kayserispor, Turkey<br />
7 Georgios SAMARAS FW 21-02-85 / 29 192cm 73 (8) Celtic, Scotland<br />
8 Panagiotis KONE MF 26-07-87 / 26 184cm 15 (0) Bologna, Italy<br />
9 Konstantinos MITROGLOU FW 12-03-88 / 26 188cm 31 (8) Fulham, England<br />
10 Georgios KARAGOUNIS MF 06-03-77 / 37 176cm 134 (10) Fulham, England<br />
11 Loukas VYNTRA DF 05-02-81 / 33 184cm 49 (0) Levante, Spain<br />
12 Panagiotis GLYKOS GK 10-10-86 / 27 190cm 2 (0) PAOK, Greece<br />
13 Stefanos KAPINO GK 18-03-94 / 20 196cm 2 (0) Panathinaikos, Greece<br />
14 Dimitrios SALPINGIDIS FW 18-08-81 / 32 171cm 75 (13) PAOK, Greece<br />
15 Vasileios TOROSIDIS DF 10-06-85 / 29 185cm 65 (7) Roma, Italy<br />
16 Lazaros CHRISTODOULOPOULOS MF 19-12-86 / 27 182cm 18 (1) Bologna, Italy<br />
17 Theofanis GEKAS FW 23-05-80 / 34 179cm 71 (24) Konyaspor, Turkey<br />
18 Ioannis FETF<strong>AT</strong>ZIDIS FW 21-12-90 / 23 164cm 18 (3) Genoa, Italy<br />
19 Sokratis PAPAST<strong>AT</strong>HOPOULOS DF 09-06-88 / 26 186cm 47 (0) Borussia Dortmund, Germany<br />
20 Jose CHOLEVAS DF 27-06-84 / 29 184cm 21 (1) Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece<br />
21 Konstantinos K<strong>AT</strong>SOURANIS MF 21-06-79 / 34 183cm 110 (9) PAOK, Greece<br />
22 Andreas SAMARIS MF 13-06-89 / 24 190cm 4 (0) Olympiacos Piraeus, Greece<br />
23 Panagiotis TACHTSIDIS MF 15-02-91 / 23 194cm 5 (0) Torino, Italy<br />
COACH: Fernando Santos (Portugal) age 59 years<br />
Coach of Greece since 2010<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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HONDURAS<br />
Republic of Honduras<br />
Population: 8.1 million<br />
Main language: Spanish<br />
Life expectancy: 74 years<br />
GDP per person: $4200<br />
Capital city: Tegucigalpa<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1951<br />
No. footballers / registered: 420,600 / 61,300<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 33<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 20 (Sep-01)<br />
Continental titles: CONCACAF Championship winners 1981<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 3 (1982, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Group stage<br />
Biggest win: -<br />
Biggest loss: 0-2 v Spain (2010)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as:<br />
CONCACAF fourth round third place<br />
Australia's record against Honduras (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Under-23 1 0 0 1<br />
Group E<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Honduras<br />
Population count (2011 census): 200<br />
0.004 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 3.4 24.0 67.8 4.8<br />
Median age: 30.7 years<br />
Sex ratio: 94.4 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 2.0 70.7 27.3<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 77.4 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Coffs Harbour (NSW),<br />
Hampton Park (Vic), Carindale (Qld)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
08-07-13 Haiti W 2-0 Harrison<br />
12-07-13 El Salvador W 1-0 Miami Gardens<br />
11-10-13 Costa Rica W 1-0 San Pedro Sula<br />
15-10-13 Jamaica D 2-2 Kingston<br />
16-11-13 Brazil L 0-5 Miami Gardens<br />
19-11-13 Ecuador D 2-2 Houston<br />
05-03-14 Venezuela W 2-1 San Pedro Sula<br />
29-05-14 Turkey L 0-2 Washington DC<br />
01-06-14 Israel L 2-4 Houston<br />
07-06-14 England D 0-0 Miami Gardens<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – HONDURAS<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Luis LOPEZ GK 13-09-93 / 20 182cm 0 (0) Real Espana, Honduras<br />
2 Osman CHAVEZ DF 29-07-84 / 29 187cm 54 (0) Qingdao Jonoon, China<br />
3 Maynor FIGUEROA DF 02-05-83 / 31 184cm 100 (3) Hull City, England<br />
4 Juan MONTES DF 26-12-85 / 28 196cm 11 (1) Motagua, Honduras<br />
5 Victor BERNARDEZ DF 24-05-82 / 32 187cm 76 (3) San Jose Earthquakes, USA<br />
6 Juan Carlos GARCIA DF 08-03-88 / 26 175cm 35 (1) Wigan Athletic, England<br />
7 Emilio IZAGUIRRE MF 10-05-86 / 28 177cm 65 (1) Celtic, Scotland<br />
8 Wilson PALACIOS MF 29-07-84 / 29 181cm 93 (5) Stoke City, England<br />
9 Jerry PALACIOS MF 13-05-82 / 32 181cm 23 (5) Alajuelense, Costa Rica<br />
10 Marvin CHAVEZ MF 03-11-83 / 30 156cm 41 (4) CD Chivas, USA<br />
11 Jerry BENGTSON FW 08-04-87 / 27 187cm 43 (19) New England Revolution, USA<br />
12 Edder DELGADO MF 20-11-86 / 27 179cm 26 (0) Real Espana, Honduras<br />
13 Carlo COSTLY FW 18-07-82 / 31 190cm 68 (31) Real Espana, Honduras<br />
14 Boniek GARCIA MF 04-09-84 / 29 176cm 90 (2) Houston Dynamo, USA<br />
15 Roger ESPINOZA MF 25-10-86 / 27 180cm 41 (4) Wigan Athletic, England<br />
16 Rony MARTINEZ FW 16-10-87 / 26 171cm 9 (1) Real Sociedad, Honduras<br />
17 Andy NAJAR MF 16-03-93 / 21 170cm 17 (1) Anderlecht, Belgium<br />
18 Noel VALLADARES GK 03-05-77 / 37 178cm 120 (0) Olimpia, Honduras<br />
19 Luis GARRIDO MF 05-11-90 / 23 170cm 19 (0) Olimpia, Honduras<br />
20 Jorge CLAROS MF 08-01-86 / 28 176cm 49 (3) Motagua, Honduras<br />
21 Brayan BECKELES DF 28-11-85 / 28 186cm 23 (1) Olimpia, Honduras<br />
22 Donis ESCOBER GK 03-02-81 / 33 180cm 20 (0) Olimpia, Honduras<br />
23 Mario MARTINEZ MF 30-07-89 / 24 173cm 36 (3) Real Espana, Honduras<br />
COACH: Luis Suarez (Colombia) age 54 years<br />
Coach of Honduras since 2011<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2006 (Ecuador)<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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IRAN<br />
Islamic Republic of Iran<br />
Population: 77 million<br />
Main language: Persian<br />
Life expectancy: 74 years<br />
GDP per person: $12300<br />
Capital city: Tehran<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1920<br />
No. footballers / registered: 1,806,544 / 449,644<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 43<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 15 (Jul-05+)<br />
Continental titles: 3 times Asian Cup winners<br />
(1968, 1972, 1976)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 4 (1978, 1998, 2006, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Group stage<br />
Biggest win: 2-1 v United States (1998)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-3 v Netherlands (1978)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: AFC Group A winners<br />
Australia's record against Iran (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 7 2 2 3<br />
Under-23 4 2 2 0<br />
Under-20 3 2 0 1<br />
Under-17 1 0 0 1<br />
Group F<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Iran<br />
Population count (2011 census): 34500<br />
0.7 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 6.9 11.0 73.9 8.2<br />
Median age: 36.1 years<br />
Sex ratio: 115.3 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 2.1 47.2 50.7<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 64.5 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Castle Hill (NSW),<br />
Hornsby (NSW), Ryde (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
18-06-13 Korea Republic W 1-0 Ulsan<br />
15-10-13 Thailand W 2-1 Tehran<br />
15-11-13 Thailand W 3-0 Bangkok<br />
19-11-13 Lebanon W 4-1 Beirut<br />
03-03-14 Kuwait W 3-2 Karaj<br />
05-03-14 Guinea L 1-2 Tehran<br />
18-05-14 Belarus D 0-0 Kapfenberg<br />
26-05-14 Montenegro D 0-0 Hartberg<br />
30-05-14 Angola D 1-1 Hartberg<br />
08-06-14 Trinidad/Tobago W 2-0 Sao Paulo<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – IRAN<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Rahman AHMADI GK 30-07-80 / 33 182cm 11 (0) Sepahan, Iran<br />
2 Khosro HEYDARI FW 14-09-83 / 30 175cm 47 (0) Esteghlal Tehran, Iran<br />
3 Ehsan HAJI SAFI MF 25-02-90 / 24 177cm 58 (2) Sepahan, Iran<br />
4 Jalal HOSSEINI DF 03-02-82 / 32 185cm 83 (6) Perspolis, Iran<br />
5 Amirhossein SADEGHI DF 06-09-81 / 32 185cm 14 (1) Esteghlal Tehran, Iran<br />
6 Javad NEKOUNAM MF 07-09-80 / 33 188cm 137 (37) Kuwait, Kuwait<br />
7 Masoud SHOJAEI FW 09-06-84 / 30 185cm 49 (5) Las Palmas, Spain<br />
8 Reza HAGHIGHI MF 01-02-89 / 25 190cm 7 (0) Perspolis, Iran<br />
9 Alireza JAHAN BAKHSH FW 11-08-93 / 20 181cm 5 (1) Nijmegen, Netherlands<br />
10 Karim ANSARI FARD FW 03-04-90 / 24 185cm 40 (9) Tractor Sazi Tabriz, Iran<br />
11 Ghasem HADADIFAR MF 12-07-83 / 30 178cm 16 (0) Zob Ahan Isfahan, Iran<br />
12 Alireza HAGHIGHI GK 02-05-88 / 26 193cm 4 (0) Sporting Covilha, Portugal<br />
13 Hossein MAHINI DF 16-09-86 / 27 182cm 21 (0) Perspolis, Iran<br />
14 Andranik TIMOTIAN MF 06-03-83 / 31 178cm 77 (8) Esteghlal Tehran, Iran<br />
15 Pejman MONTAZERI DF 06-09-83 / 30 186cm 20 (1) Umm Salal, Qatar<br />
16 Reza GHOOCHANNEJAD FW 20-09-87 / 26 181cm 13 (9) Charlton Athletic, England<br />
17 Ahmad ALNAMEH DF 20-10-82 / 31 189cm 9 (1) Naft Tehran, Iran<br />
18 Bakhtiar RAHMANI MF 23-09-91 / 22 179cm 3 (0) Foolad Khuzestan, Iran<br />
19 Hashem BEIKZADEH MF 22-01-84 / 30 180cm 17 (1) Esteghlal Tehran, Iran<br />
20 Steven BEITASHOUR DF 01-02-87 / 27 178cm 6 (0) Vancouver Whitecaps, Canada<br />
21 Ashkan DEJAGAH FW 05-07-86 / 27 182cm 13 (4) Fulham, England<br />
22 Daniel DAVARI GK 06-01-88 / 26 193cm 4 (0) Eintracht Braunschweig, Germany<br />
23 Mehrdad POOLADI DF 26-02-87 / 27 180cm 19 (0) Perspolis, Iran<br />
COACH: Carlos Queiroz (Portugal) age 61 years<br />
Coach of Iran since 2011<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2010 (Portugal)<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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ITALY<br />
Italian Republic<br />
Population: 61 million<br />
Main language: Italian<br />
Life expectancy: 82 years<br />
GDP per person: $32500<br />
Capital city: Rome<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1898<br />
No. footballers / registered: 4,980,296 / 1,513,596<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 9<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 1 (Nov-93+)<br />
Continental titles: European Championship winners 1968<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 18 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962,<br />
1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994,<br />
1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Winners 1934, 1938, 1982, 2006<br />
Biggest win: 7-1 v United States (1934)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-4 v Switzerland (1954) & Brazil (1970)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group B winners<br />
Australia's record against Italy (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 1 0 0 1<br />
Under-23 1 0 0 1<br />
Group D<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Italy<br />
Population count (2011 census): 185400<br />
3.5 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 0.6 0.8 40.1 58.6<br />
Median age: 65.2 years<br />
Sex ratio: 104.7 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 85.7 10.6 3.7<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 80.2 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Reservoir (Vic),<br />
Coburg (Vic), Fawkner (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 Argentina L 1-2 Rome<br />
06-09-13 Bulgaria W 1-0 Palermo<br />
10-09-13 Czech Republic W 2-1 Turin<br />
11-10-13 Denmark D 2-2 Copenhagen<br />
15-10-13 Armenia D 2-2 Naples<br />
15-11-13 Germany D 1-1 Milan<br />
18-11-13 Nigeria D 2-2 London<br />
05-03-14 Spain L 0-1 Madrid<br />
31-05-14 Rep. of Ireland D 0-0 London<br />
04-06-14 Luxembourg D 1-1 Verona<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 15<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – ITALY<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Gianluigi BUFFON GK 28-01-78 / 36 190cm 140 (0) Juventus, Italy<br />
2 Mattia DE SCIGLIO DF 20-10-92 / 21 179cm 11 (0) AC Milan, Italy<br />
3 Giorgio CHIELLINI DF 14-08-84 / 29 192cm 68 (4) Juventus, Italy<br />
4 Matteo DARMIAN DF 02-12-89 / 24 182cm 1 (0) Torino, Italy<br />
5 THIAGO MOTTA MF 28-08-82 / 31 187cm 22 (1) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
6 Antonio CANDREVA MF 28-02-87 / 27 180cm 20 (0) Lazio, Italy<br />
7 Ignazio AB<strong>AT</strong>E DF 12-11-86 / 27 180cm 20 (1) AC Milan, Italy<br />
8 Claudio MARCHISIO MF 19-01-86 / 28 179cm 44 (3) Juventus, Italy<br />
9 Mario BALOTELLI FW 12-08-90 / 23 189cm 30 (12) AC Milan, Italy<br />
10 Antonio CASSANO FW 12-07-82 / 31 175cm 37 (10) Parma, Italy<br />
11 Alessio CERCI FW 23-07-87 / 26 177cm 12 (0) Torino, Italy<br />
12 Salvatore SIRIGU GK 12-01-87 / 27 190cm 8 (0) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
13 Mattia PERIN GK 10-11-92 / 21 188cm 0 (0) Genoa, Italy<br />
14 Alberto AQUILANI MF 07-07-84 / 29 184cm 35 (5) Fiorentina, Italy<br />
15 Andrea BARZAGLI DF 08-05-81 / 33 186cm 47 (0) Juventus, Italy<br />
16 Daniele DE ROSSI MF 24-07-83 / 30 182cm 95 (15) Roma, Italy<br />
17 Ciro IMMOBILE FW 20-02-90 / 24 184cm 2 (0) Torino, Italy<br />
18 Marco PAROLO MF 25-01-85 / 29 186cm 4 (0) Parma, Italy<br />
19 Leonardo BONUCCI DF 01-05-87 / 27 190cm 37 (2) Juventus, Italy<br />
20 Gabriel PALETTA DF 15-02-86 / 28 187cm 2 (0) Parma, Italy<br />
21 Andrea PIRLO MF 19-05-79 / 35 177cm 109 (13) Juventus, Italy<br />
22 Lorenzo INSIGNE FW 04-06-91 / 23 163cm 5 (1) Napoli, Italy<br />
23 Marco VERR<strong>AT</strong>TI MF 05-11-92 / 21 168cm 6 (1) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
COACH: Cesare Prandelli (Italy) age 56 years<br />
Coach of Italy since 2010<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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JAPAN<br />
Japan<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Population: 127 million<br />
Main language: Japanese<br />
Life expectancy: 84 years<br />
GDP per person: $35200<br />
Capital city: Tokyo<br />
Association founded: 1921<br />
No. footballers / registered: 4,805,150 / 1,045,150<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 46<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 9 (Feb-98+)<br />
Continental titles: 4 times Asian Cup winners<br />
(1992, 2000, 2004, 2011)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 5 (1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Round of sixteen 2002<br />
Biggest win: 2-0 v Tunisia (2002)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-4 v Brazil (2006)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: AFC Group B winners<br />
Australia's record against Japan (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 22 7 8 7<br />
Under-23 9 6 0 3<br />
Under-20 14 5 3 6<br />
Under-17 11 3 4 4<br />
Group C<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Japan<br />
Population count (2011 census): 35400<br />
0.7 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 10.3 9.9 74.3 5.4<br />
Median age: 36.8 years<br />
Sex ratio: 46.5 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 3.6 41.4 55.0<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 18.0 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Chatswood (NSW),<br />
Southport (Qld), Surfers Paradise (Qld)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
21-07-13 China PR D 3-3 Seoul<br />
25-07-13 Australia W 3-2 Hwaseong<br />
11-10-13 Serbia L 0-2 Novi Sad<br />
15-10-13 Belarus L 0-1 Minsk<br />
16-11-13 Netherlands D 2-2 Genk<br />
19-11-13 Belgium W 3-2 Brussels<br />
05-03-14 New Zealand W 4-2 Tokyo<br />
27-05-14 Cyprus W 1-0 Saitama<br />
02-06-14 Costa Rica W 3-1 Tampa<br />
06-06-14 Zambia W 4-3 Tampa<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 13<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – JAPAN<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Eiji KAWASHIMA GK 20-03-83 / 31 185cm 56 (0) Standard Liege, Belgium<br />
2 Atsuto UCHIDA DF 27-03-88 / 26 176cm 67 (2) Schalke, Germany<br />
3 Gotoku SAKAI DF 14-03-91 / 23 176cm 12 (0) VfB Stuttgart, Germany<br />
4 Keisuke HONDA FW 13-06-86 / 27 182cm 55 (20) AC Milan, Italy<br />
5 Yuto NAG<strong>AT</strong>OMO DF 12-09-86 / 27 170cm 69 (3) Internazionale, Italy<br />
6 Masato MORISHIGE DF 21-05-87 / 27 183cm 9 (1) FC Tokyo, Japan<br />
7 Yasuhito ENDO MF 28-01-80 / 34 178cm 143 (12) Gamba Osaka, Japan<br />
8 Hiroshi KIYOTAKE FW 12-11-89 / 24 172cm 25 (1) Nuernberg, Germany<br />
9 Shinji OKAZAKI FW 16-04-86 / 28 174cm 75 (38) Mainz, Germany<br />
10 Shinji KAGAWA FW 17-03-89 / 25 172cm 56 (18) Manchester United, England<br />
11 Yoichiro KAKITANI FW 03-01-90 / 24 177cm 11 (5) Cerezo Osaka, Japan<br />
12 Shusaku NISHIKAWA GK 18-06-86 / 27 183cm 12 (0) Urawa Red Diamonds, Japan<br />
13 Yoshito OKUBO FW 09-06-82 / 32 170cm 56 (5) Kawasaki Frontale, Japan<br />
14 Toshihiro AOYAMA MF 22-02-86 / 28 174cm 5 (0) Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Japan<br />
15 Yasuyuki KONNO DF 25-01-83 / 31 178cm 80 (1) Gamba Osaka, Japan<br />
16 Hotaru YAMAGUCHI MF 06-10-90 / 23 173cm 11 (0) Cerezo Osaka, Japan<br />
17 Makoto HASEBE MF 18-01-84 / 30 180cm 78 (2) Nuernberg, Germany<br />
18 Yuya OSAKO FW 18-05-90 / 24 182cm 8 (3) 1860 Muenchen, Germany<br />
19 Masahiko INOHA DF 28-08-85 / 28 179cm 21 (1) Jubilo Iwata, Japan<br />
20 Manabu SAITO FW 04-04-90 / 24 169cm 4 (1) Yokohama F-Marinos, Japan<br />
21 Hiroki SAKAI DF 12-04-90 / 24 185cm 17 (0) Hannover, Germany<br />
22 Maya YOSHIDA DF 24-08-88 / 25 189cm 40 (2) Southampton, England<br />
23 Shuichi GONDA GK 03-03-89 / 25 187cm 2 (0) FC Tokyo, Japan<br />
COACH: Alberto Zaccheroni (Italy) age 61 years<br />
Coach of Japan since 2010<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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KOREA REPUBLIC<br />
Republic of Korea<br />
Population: 49 million<br />
Main language: Korean<br />
Life expectancy: 82 years<br />
GDP per person: $30700<br />
Capital city: Seoul<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1933<br />
No. footballers / registered: 1,094,227 / 31,127<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 57<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 17 (Dec-98)<br />
Continental titles: 2 times Asian Cup winners (1956, 1960)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 9 (1954, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002,<br />
2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Fourth 2002<br />
Biggest win: 2-0 v Poland (2002)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-9 v Hungary (1954)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: AFC Group A runners-up<br />
Australia's record against Korea Republic (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 26 10 10 6<br />
Under-23 9 1 1 7<br />
Under-20 17 4 6 7<br />
Under-17 2 1 0 1<br />
Group H<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Korea Republic<br />
Population count (2011 census): 74500<br />
1.4 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 9.7 17.2 68.2 4.8<br />
Median age: 32.8 years<br />
Sex ratio: 85.6 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 0.2 38.4 61.4<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 39.8 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Strathfield (NSW),<br />
Lidcombe (NSW), Chatswood (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
12-10-13 Brazil L 0-2 Seoul<br />
15-10-13 Mali W 3-1 Cheonan<br />
15-11-13 Switzerland W 2-1 Seoul<br />
19-11-13 Russia L 1-2 Dubai<br />
25-01-14 Costa Rica W 1-0 Los Angeles<br />
29-01-14 Mexico L 0-4 San Antonio<br />
01-02-14 United States L 0-2 Carson<br />
05-03-14 Greece W 2-0 Piraeus<br />
28-05-14 Tunisia L 0-1 Seoul<br />
09-06-14 Ghana L 0-4 Miami<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 17<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – KOREA REPUBLIC<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 JUNG Sungryong GK 04-01-85 / 29 190cm 60 (0) Suwon Bluewings, Korea Republic<br />
2 KIM Changsoo DF 12-09-85 / 28 179cm 8 (0) Kashiwa Reysol, Japan<br />
3 YUN Sukyoung DF 13-02-90 / 24 182cm 3 (0) Queens Park Rangers, England<br />
4 KWAK Taehwi DF 08-07-81 / 32 185cm 34 (5) Al Hilal, Saudi Arabia<br />
5 KIM Younggwon DF 27-02-90 / 24 187cm 20 (1) Guangzhou Evergrande, China<br />
6 HWANG Seokho DF 27-06-89 / 24 182cm 3 (0) Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Japan<br />
7 KIM Bokyung MF 06-10-89 / 24 178cm 27 (3) Cardiff City, Wales<br />
8 HA Daesung MF 02-03-85 / 29 182cm 13 (0) Beijing Guoan, China<br />
9 SON Heungmin MF 08-07-92 / 21 183cm 24 (6) Bayer Leverkusen, Germany<br />
10 PARK Chuyoung FW 10-07-85 / 28 183cm 62 (24) Watford, England<br />
11 LEE Keunho FW 11-04-85 / 29 177cm 63 (18) Sangju Sangmu, Korea Republic<br />
12 LEE Yong DF 24-12-86 / 27 180cm 11 (0) Ulsan Hyundai, Korea Republic<br />
13 KOO Jacheol FW 27-02-89 / 25 182cm 36 (12) Mainz, Germany<br />
14 HAN Kookyoung MF 19-04-90 / 24 183cm 9 (0) Kashiwa Reysol, Japan<br />
15 PARK Jongwoo MF 10-03-89 / 25 180cm 10 (0) Guangzhou R&F, China<br />
16 KI Sungyueng MF 24-01-89 / 25 186cm 58 (5) Sunderland, England<br />
17 LEE Chungyong MF 02-07-88 / 25 180cm 54 (6) Bolton Wanderers, England<br />
18 KIM Shinwook FW 14-04-88 / 26 196cm 27 (3) Ulsan Hyundai, Korea Republic<br />
19 JI Dongwon MF 28-05-91 / 23 186cm 27 (8) Augsburg, Germany<br />
20 HONG Jeongho DF 12-08-89 / 24 188cm 24 (1) Augsburg, Germany<br />
21 KIM Seunggyu GK 30-09-90 / 23 187cm 5 (0) Ulsan Hyundai, Korea Republic<br />
22 PARK Jooho DF 16-01-87 / 27 174cm 13 (0) Mainz, Germany<br />
23 LEE Bumyoung GK 02-04-89 / 25 199cm 0 (0) Busan IPark, Korea Republic<br />
COACH: Myung Bo Hong (Korea Republic) age 45 years<br />
Coach of Korea Republic since 2013<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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MEXICO<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
United Mexican States<br />
Population: 122 million<br />
Main language: Spanish<br />
Life expectancy: 78 years<br />
GDP per person: $16700<br />
Capital city: Mexico City<br />
Association founded: 1927<br />
No. footballers / registered: 8,479,595 / 324,595<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 20<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 4 (Feb-98+)<br />
Continental titles: 8 times CONCACAF Championship /<br />
Gold Cup winners<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 15 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966,<br />
1970, 1978, 1986, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Quarter-finalists 1970, 1986<br />
Biggest win: 4-0 v El Salvador (1970)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-6 v West Germany (1978)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: CONCACAF v <strong>OF</strong>C<br />
play-off winners (v New Zealand)<br />
Australia's record against Mexico (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 5 2 2 1<br />
Under-23 2 0 2 0<br />
Under-20 6 2 2 2<br />
Under-17 2 1 0 1<br />
Group A<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Mexico<br />
Population count (2011 census): 3300<br />
0.1 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 9.6 10.8 75.9 3.6<br />
Median age: 33.4 years<br />
Sex ratio: 92.1 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 1.7 24.8 73.5<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 40.8 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Melbourne (Vic),<br />
Sydney (NSW), Point Cook (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
15-10-13 Costa Rica L 1-2 San Jose<br />
13-11-13 New Zealand W 5-1 Mexico City<br />
20-11-13 New Zealand W 4-2 Wellington<br />
29-01-14 Korea Republic W 4-0 San Antonio<br />
05-03-14 Nigeria D 0-0 Atlanta<br />
02-04-14 United States D 2-2 Glendale<br />
28-05-14 Israel W 3-0 Mexico City<br />
31-05-14 Ecuador W 3-1 Arlington<br />
03-06-14 Bosnia L 0-1 Chicago<br />
06-06-14 Portugal L 0-1 Foxborough<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 21<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – MEXICO<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Jose CORONA GK 26-01-81 / 33 178cm 32 (0) Cruz Azul, Mexico<br />
2 Francisco RODRIGUEZ DF 20-10-81 / 32 191cm 92 (1) Club America, Mexico<br />
3 Carlos SALCIDO DF 02-04-80 / 34 176cm 120 (10) Tigres, Mexico<br />
4 Rafael MARQUEZ DF 13-02-79 / 35 184cm 119 (15) Club Leon, Mexico<br />
5 Diego REYES DF 19-09-92 / 21 189cm 14 (0) Porto, Portugal<br />
6 Hector HERRERA MF 19-04-90 / 24 180cm 12 (0) Porto, Portugal<br />
7 Miguel LAYUN DF 25-06-88 / 25 178cm 12 (2) Club America, Mexico<br />
8 Marco FABIAN MF 21-07-89 / 24 171cm 14 (5) Cruz Azul, Mexico<br />
9 Raul JIMENEZ FW 05-05-91 / 23 186cm 23 (4) Club America, Mexico<br />
10 Giovani DOS SANTOS FW 11-05-89 / 25 179cm 73 (15) Villarreal, Spain<br />
11 Alan PULIDO FW 08-03-91 / 23 176cm 5 (4) Tigres, Mexico<br />
12 Alfredo TALAVERA GK 18-09-82 / 31 188cm 14 (0) Deportivo Toluca, Mexico<br />
13 Guillermo OCHOA GK 13-07-85 / 28 185cm 56 (0) Ajaccio, France<br />
14 Javier HERNANDEZ FW 01-06-88 / 26 175cm 61 (35) Manchester United, England<br />
15 Hector MORENO DF 17-01-88 / 26 182cm 52 (1) Espanyol, Spain<br />
16 Miguel PONCE DF 12-04-89 / 25 175cm 7 (0) Deportivo Toluca, Mexico<br />
17 Isaac BRIZUELA MF 28-08-90 / 23 173cm 7 (0) Deportivo Toluca, Mexico<br />
18 Andres GUARDADO DF 28-09-86 / 27 167cm 101 (14) Bayer Leverkusen, Germany<br />
19 Oribe PERALTA FW 12-01-84 / 30 177cm 27 (15) Club Santos Laguna, Mexico<br />
20 Javier AQUINO MF 11-02-90 / 24 166cm 21 (0) Villarreal, Spain<br />
21 Carlos PENA MF 29-03-90 / 24 176cm 14 (1) Club Leon, Mexico<br />
22 Paul AGUILAR DF 06-03-86 / 28 178cm 27 (3) Club America, Mexico<br />
23 Jose VAZQUEZ MF 14-03-88 / 26 164cm 4 (0) Club Leon, Mexico<br />
COACH: Miguel Herrera (Mexico) age 46 years<br />
Coach of Mexico since 2013<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS<br />
Kingdom of the Netherlands<br />
Population: 17 million<br />
Main language: Dutch<br />
Life expectancy: 81 years<br />
GDP per person: $42900<br />
Capital city: Amsterdam<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1889<br />
No. footballers / registered: 1,745,860 / 1,138,860<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 15<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 1 (Aug-11)<br />
Continental titles: European Championship winners 1988<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 10 (1934, 1938, 1974, 1978, 1990,<br />
1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Runners-up 1974, 1978, 2010<br />
Biggest win: 5-0 v Korea Republic (1998)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-3 v Czechoslovakia (1938)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group D winners<br />
Australia's record against Netherlands (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 3 1 2 0<br />
Under-23 5 0 2 3<br />
Under-20 3 0 0 3<br />
Group B<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Netherlands<br />
Population count (2011 census): 76000<br />
1.4 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 2.2 1.7 49.8 46.3<br />
Median age: 64.1 years<br />
Sex ratio: 103.6 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 71.7 18.4 9.8<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 76.0 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Berwick (Vic),<br />
Pakenham (Vic), Croydon (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
06-09-13 Estonia D 2-2 Tallinn<br />
10-09-13 Andorra W 2-0 Andorra La Vella<br />
11-10-13 Hungary W 8-1 Amsterdam<br />
15-10-13 Turkey W 2-0 Istanbul<br />
16-11-13 Japan D 2-2 Genk<br />
19-11-13 Colombia D 0-0 Amsterdam<br />
05-03-14 France L 0-2 Paris/Saint-Denis<br />
17-05-14 Ecuador D 1-1 Amsterdam<br />
31-05-14 Ghana W 1-0 Rotterdam<br />
04-06-14 Wales W 2-0 Amsterdam<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Jasper CILLESSEN GK 22-04-89 / 25 187cm 8 (0) Ajax, Netherlands<br />
2 Ron VLAAR DF 16-02-85 / 29 190cm 24 (1) Aston Villa, England<br />
3 Stefan DE VRIJ DF 05-02-92 / 22 190cm 12 (0) Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands<br />
4 Bruno MARTINS INDI DF 08-02-92 / 22 186cm 16 (2) Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands<br />
5 Daley BLIND DF 09-03-90 / 24 180cm 12 (0) Ajax, Netherlands<br />
6 Nigel DE JONG MF 30-11-84 / 29 174cm 71 (1) AC Milan, Italy<br />
7 Daryl JANMA<strong>AT</strong> DF 22-07-89 / 24 186cm 16 (0) Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands<br />
8 Jonathan DE GUZMAN MF 13-09-87 / 26 174cm 10 (0) Swansea City, Wales<br />
9 Robin VAN PERSIE FW 06-08-83 / 30 186cm 85 (43) Manchester United, England<br />
10 Wesley SNEIJDER MF 09-06-84 / 30 171cm 99 (26) Internazionale, Italy<br />
11 Arjen ROBBEN FW 23-01-84 / 30 180cm 76 (23) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
12 Paul VERHAEGH DF 01-09-83 / 30 178cm 2 (0) Augsburg, Germany<br />
13 Joel VELTMAN DF 15-01-92 / 22 183cm 2 (0) Ajax, Netherlands<br />
14 Terence KONGOLO DF 14-02-94 / 20 183cm 1 (0) Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands<br />
15 Dirk KUYT FW 22-07-80 / 33 184cm 98 (24) Fenerbahce, Turkey<br />
16 Jordy CLASIE MF 27-06-91 / 22 169cm 8 (0) Feyenoord Rotterdam, Netherlands<br />
17 Jeremain LENS FW 24-11-87 / 26 178cm 22 (8) Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine<br />
18 Leroy FER MF 05-01-90 / 24 188cm 6 (0) Norwich City, England<br />
19 Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR FW 12-08-83 / 30 187cm 62 (34) Schalke, Germany<br />
20 Georginio WIJNALDUM MF 11-11-90 / 23 175cm 5 (1) PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands<br />
21 Memphis DEPAY FW 13-02-94 / 20 178cm 6 (0) PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands<br />
22 Michel VORM GK 20-10-83 / 30 183cm 14 (0) Swansea City, Wales<br />
23 Tim KRUL GK 03-04-88 / 26 193cm 5 (0) Newcastle United, England<br />
COACH: Louis Van Gaal (Netherlands) age 62 years<br />
Coach of Netherlands since 2012 (also 2000–2002)<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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NIGERIA<br />
Federal Republic of Nigeria<br />
Population: 174 million<br />
Main language: English<br />
Life expectancy: 53 years<br />
GDP per person: $2700<br />
Capital city: Abuja<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1945<br />
No. footballers / registered: 6,653,710 / 58,710<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 44<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 5 (Apr-94)<br />
Continental titles: 3 times African Cup winners<br />
(1980, 1994, 2013)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 6 (1994, 1998, 2002, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Round of sixteen 1994, 1998<br />
Biggest win: 3-0 v Bulgaria (1994)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-4 v Denmark (1998)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: CAF play-off winners (v Ethiopia)<br />
Australia's record against Nigeria (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 2 2 0 0<br />
Under-23 3 1 0 2<br />
Under-20 1 0 0 1<br />
Under-17 5 0 0 5<br />
Group F<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Nigeria<br />
Population count (2011 census): 4500<br />
0.1 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 11.9 10.8 76.3 1.0<br />
Median age: 36.4 years<br />
Sex ratio: 141.0 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 4.3 28.2 67.5<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 52.7 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Canning Vale (WA),<br />
Blacktown (NSW), Berwick (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
11-01-14 Mali L 1-2 Cape Town<br />
15-01-14 Mozambique W 4-2 Cape Town<br />
19-01-14 South Africa W 3-1 Cape Town<br />
25-01-14 Morocco W 4-3 Cape Town<br />
29-01-14 Ghana D 0-0 Mangaung<br />
01-02-14 Zimbabwe W 1-0 Cape Town<br />
05-03-14 Mexico D 0-0 Atlanta<br />
28-05-14 Scotland W 2-1 London<br />
03-06-14 Greece D 0-0 Chester<br />
07-06-14 United States L 1-2 Jacksonville<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 23<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – NIGERIA<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Vincent ENYEAMA GK 29-08-82 / 31 185cm 90 (0) Lille, France<br />
2 Joseph YOBO DF 06-09-80 / 33 185cm 96 (7) Norwich City, England<br />
3 Uwa ECHIEJILE DF 20-01-88 / 26 185cm 41 (2) Monaco, France<br />
4 Ruben GABRIEL MF 25-09-90 / 23 184cm 10 (0) Waasland-Beveren, Belgium<br />
5 Efe AMBROSE DF 18-10-88 / 25 190cm 36 (1) Celtic, Scotland<br />
6 Azubuike EGWUEKWE DF 16-07-89 / 24 195cm 31 (1) Warri Wolves, Nigeria<br />
7 Ahmed MUSA FW 14-10-92 / 21 176cm 37 (5) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
8 Peter ODEMWINGIE FW 15-07-81 / 32 181cm 60 (10) Stoke City, England<br />
9 Emmanuel EMENIKE FW 10-05-87 / 27 182cm 22 (9) Fenerbahce, Turkey<br />
10 John Obi MIKEL MF 22-04-87 / 27 188cm 58 (4) Chelsea, England<br />
11 Victor MOSES FW 12-12-90 / 23 177cm 21 (6) Liverpool, England<br />
12 Ebenezer ODUNLAMI DF 30-04-91 / 23 187cm 11 (0) Sunshine Stars, Nigeria<br />
13 Juwon OSHANIWA DF 14-09-90 / 23 184cm 9 (0) Ashdod, Israel<br />
14 Godfrey OBOABONA DF 16-09-90 / 23 183cm 34 (1) Caykur Rizespor, Turkey<br />
15 Ramon AZEEZ MF 12-12-92 / 21 170cm 1 (0) Almeria, Spain<br />
16 Austine EJIDE GK 08-04-84 / 30 186cm 31 (0) Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Israel<br />
17 Ogenyi ONAZI MF 25-12-92 / 21 168cm 20 (1) Lazio, Italy<br />
18 Michael BAB<strong>AT</strong>UNDE FW 24-12-92 / 21 165cm 4 (0) Volyn Lutsk, Ukraine<br />
19 Uche NW<strong>OF</strong>OR FW 17-09-91 / 22 177cm 6 (3) Heerenveen, Netherlands<br />
20 Okechukwu UCHEBO FW 03-02-90 / 24 194cm 3 (1) Cercle Brugge, Belgium<br />
21 Chigozie AGBIM GK 28-11-84 / 29 187cm 14 (0) Enugu Rangers, Nigeria<br />
22 Kenneth OMERUO DF 17-10-93 / 20 185cm 17 (0) Middlesbrough, England<br />
23 Shola AMEOBI FW 12-10-81 / 32 188cm 6 (2) Newcastle United, England<br />
COACH: Stephen Keshi (Nigeria) age 52 years<br />
Coach of Nigeria since 2011<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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PORTUGAL<br />
Portuguese Republic<br />
Population: 11 million<br />
Main language: Portuguese<br />
Life expectancy: 80 years<br />
GDP per person: $25300<br />
Capital city: Lisbon<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1914<br />
No. footballers / registered: 547,734 / 132,734<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 4<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 3 (Apr-10+)<br />
Continental titles: European Championship runners-up<br />
2004<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 6 (1966, 1986, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Third 1966<br />
Biggest win: 4-0 v Poland (2002)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-3 v Morocco (1986) & Germany (2006)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA play-off winners<br />
(v Sweden)<br />
Australia's record against Portugal (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Under-20 4 0 0 4<br />
Under-17 1 0 0 1<br />
Group G<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Portugal<br />
Population count (2011 census): 15300<br />
0.3 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 1.4 2.9 73.1 22.7<br />
Median age: 52.6 years<br />
Sex ratio: 103.6 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 22.5 69.4 8.2<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 80.7 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Earlwood (NSW),<br />
Marrickville (NSW), Spearwood (WA)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
06-09-13 Northern Ireland W 4-2 Belfast<br />
10-09-13 Brazil L 1-3 Foxborough<br />
11-10-13 Israel D 1-1 Lisbon<br />
15-10-13 Luxembourg W 3-0 Coimbra<br />
15-11-13 Sweden W 1-0 Lisbon<br />
19-11-13 Sweden W 3-2 Solna<br />
05-03-14 Cameroon W 5-1 Leiria<br />
31-05-14 Greece D 0-0 Lisbon<br />
06-06-14 Mexico W 1-0 Foxborough<br />
10-06-14 Rep. of Ireland - New York<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – PORTUGAL<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 EDUARDO GK 19-09-82 / 31 187cm 33 (0) Sporting Braga, Portugal<br />
2 BRUNO ALVES DF 27-11-81 / 32 187cm 71 (9) Fenerbahce, Turkey<br />
3 PEPE DF 26-02-83 / 31 186cm 57 (3) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
4 MIGUEL VELOSO MF 11-05-86 / 28 181cm 47 (2) Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine<br />
5 FABIO COENTRAO DF 11-03-88 / 26 181cm 43 (3) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
6 WILLIAM MF 07-04-92 / 22 185cm 3 (0) Sporting, Portugal<br />
7 CRISTIANO RONALDO FW 05-02-85 / 29 185cm 110 (49) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
8 JOAO MOUTINHO MF 08-09-86 / 27 170cm 66 (2) Monaco, France<br />
9 HUGO ALMEIDA FW 23-05-84 / 30 193cm 54 (17) Besiktas, Turkey<br />
10 VIEIRINHA FW 24-01-86 / 28 170cm 7 (0) VfL Wolfsburg, Germany<br />
11 EDER FW 22-12-87 / 26 190cm 7 (0) Sporting Braga, Portugal<br />
12 RUI P<strong>AT</strong>RICIO GK 15-02-88 / 26 189cm 29 (0) Sporting, Portugal<br />
13 RICARDO COSTA DF 16-05-81 / 33 183cm 18 (1) Valencia, Spain<br />
14 LUIS NETO DF 26-05-88 / 26 186cm 7 (0) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
15 RAFA FW 17-05-93 / 21 173cm 2 (0) Sporting Braga, Portugal<br />
16 RAUL MEIRELES MF 17-03-83 / 31 179cm 73 (10) Fenerbahce, Turkey<br />
17 NANI FW 17-11-86 / 27 175cm 73 (14) Manchester United, England<br />
18 VARELA FW 02-02-85 / 29 180cm 22 (4) Porto, Portugal<br />
19 ANDRE ALMEIDA DF 10-09-90 / 23 185cm 3 (0) Benfica, Portugal<br />
20 RUBEN AMORIM MF 27-01-85 / 29 180cm 11 (0) Benfica, Portugal<br />
21 JOAO PEREIRA DF 25-02-84 / 30 172cm 35 (0) Valencia, Spain<br />
22 BETO GK 01-05-82 / 32 183cm 7 (0) Sevilla, Spain<br />
23 HELDER POSTIGA FW 02-08-82 / 31 182cm 67 (27) Lazio, Italy<br />
COACH: Paulo Bento (Portugal) age 44 years<br />
Coach of Portugal since 2010<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): -<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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RUSSIA<br />
Russian Federation<br />
Population: 143 million<br />
Main language: Russian<br />
Life expectancy: 68 years<br />
GDP per person: $23500<br />
Capital city: Moscow<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1912<br />
No. footballers / registered: 5,802,536 / 846,736<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 19<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 3 (Apr-96+)<br />
Continental titles: European Championship winners 1960<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 10 (1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982,<br />
1986, 1990, 1994, 2002, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Fourth 1966<br />
Biggest win: 6-0 v Hungary (1986)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-3 v Sweden (1994)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group F winners<br />
Australia's record against Russia (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 7 0 3 4<br />
Under-20 5 2 2 1<br />
Group H<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Russia<br />
Population count (2011 census): 18300<br />
0.3 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 5.4 11.3 62.0 21.3<br />
Median age: 42.0 years<br />
Sex ratio: 59.5 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 9.3 47.4 43.2<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 72.0 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Bentleigh East (Vic),<br />
Maroubra (NSW), Carnegie (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
06-09-13 Luxembourg W 4-1 Kazan<br />
10-09-13 Israel W 3-1 St. Petersburg<br />
11-10-13 Luxembourg W 4-0 Luxembourg<br />
15-10-13 Azerbaijan D 1-1 Baku<br />
15-11-13 Serbia D 1-1 Dubai<br />
19-11-13 Korea Republic W 2-1 Dubai<br />
05-03-14 Armenia W 2-0 Krasnodar<br />
26-05-14 Slovakia W 1-0 St Petersburg<br />
31-05-14 Norway D 1-1 Oslo<br />
06-06-14 Morocco W 2-0 Moscow<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 11<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – RUSSIA<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Igor AKINFEEV GK 08-04-86 / 28 185cm 68 (0) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
2 Aleksei KOZLOV DF 25-12-86 / 27 185cm 10 (0) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
3 Georgy SHCHENNIKOV DF 27-04-91 / 23 179cm 3 (0) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
4 Sergey IGNASHEVICH DF 14-07-79 / 34 186cm 97 (5) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
5 Andrey SEMENOV DF 24-03-89 / 25 191cm 1 (0) Terek Grozny, Russia<br />
6 Maksim KANUNNIKOV FW 14-07-91 / 22 184cm 2 (0) Amkar Perm, Russia<br />
7 Igor DENISOV MF 17-05-84 / 30 176cm 43 (0) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
8 Denis GLUSHAKOV MF 27-01-87 / 27 182cm 26 (3) Spartak Moscow, Russia<br />
9 Alexander KOKORIN FW 19-03-91 / 23 182cm 21 (5) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
10 Alan DZAGOEV MF 17-06-90 / 23 178cm 32 (8) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
11 Aleksandr KERZHAKOV FW 27-11-82 / 31 175cm 80 (25) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
12 Yury LODYGIN GK 26-05-90 / 24 186cm 2 (0) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
13 Vladimir GRAN<strong>AT</strong> DF 22-05-87 / 27 184cm 4 (0) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
14 Vasily BEREZUTSKIY DF 20-06-82 / 31 188cm 77 (3) CSKA Moscow, Russia<br />
15 Roman SHIROKOV MF 06-07-81 / 32 183cm 41 (12) Krasnodar, Russia<br />
16 Sergey RYZHIKOV GK 19-09-80 / 33 192cm 1 (0) Rubin Kazan, Russia<br />
17 Oleg SH<strong>AT</strong>OV MF 29-07-90 / 23 176cm 6 (2) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
18 Yury ZHIRKOV FW 20-08-83 / 30 180cm 60 (0) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
19 Alexander SAMEDOV FW 19-07-84 / 29 178cm 16 (3) Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia<br />
20 Victor FAYZULIN MF 22-04-86 / 28 176cm 18 (4) Zenit St Petersburg, Russia<br />
21 Alexey IONOV FW 18-02-89 / 25 178cm 5 (0) Dynamo Moscow, Russia<br />
22 Andrey ESHCHENKO DF 09-02-84 / 30 177cm 11 (0) Anzhi Makhachkala, Russia<br />
23 Dmitry KOMBAROV DF 22-01-87 / 27 182cm 22 (1) Spartak Moscow, Russia<br />
COACH: Fabio Capello (Italy) age 67 years<br />
Coach of Russia since 2012<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2010 (England)<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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SPAIN<br />
Kingdom of Spain<br />
Population: 47 million<br />
Main language: Spanish<br />
Life expectancy: 82 years<br />
GDP per person: $32100<br />
Capital city: Madrid<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1913<br />
No. footballers / registered: 2,834,190 / 653,190<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 1<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 1 (Jul-08+)<br />
Continental titles: 3 times European Championship<br />
winners (1964, 2008, 2012)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 14 (1934, 1950, 1962, 1966, 1978, 1982,<br />
1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Winners 2010<br />
Biggest win: 6-1 v Bulgaria (1998)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-6 v Brazil (1950)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group I winners<br />
Australia's record against Spain (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Under-23 2 0 0 2<br />
Under-20 1 0 0 1<br />
Under-17 1 0 1 0<br />
Group B<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Spain<br />
Population count (2011 census): 13100<br />
0.2 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 3.9 2.4 59.7 34.0<br />
Median age: 55.7 years<br />
Sex ratio: 99.8 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 45.7 38.1 16.2<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 72.9 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Warrawong (NSW),<br />
Warilla (NSW), Preston (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
30-06-13 Brazil L 0-3 Rio De Janeiro<br />
14-08-13 Ecuador W 2-0 Guayaquil<br />
06-09-13 Finland W 2-0 Helsinki<br />
10-09-13 Chile D 2-2 Geneva<br />
11-10-13 Belarus W 2-1 Palma De Mallorca<br />
15-10-13 Georgia W 2-0 Albacete<br />
19-11-13 South Africa L 0-1 Johannesburg<br />
05-03-14 Italy W 1-0 Madrid<br />
30-05-14 Bolivia W 2-0 Seville<br />
07-06-14 El Salvador W 2-0 Washington DC<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 14<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – SPAIN<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Iker CASILLAS GK 20-05-81 / 33 185cm 153 (0) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
2 Raul ALBIOL DF 04-09-85 / 28 187cm 46 (0) Napoli, Italy<br />
3 Gerard PIQUE DF 02-02-87 / 27 192cm 60 (4) Barcelona, Spain<br />
4 Javi MARTINEZ MF 02-09-88 / 25 190cm 16 (0) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
5 JUANFRAN DF 09-01-85 / 29 180cm 7 (1) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
6 Andres INIESTA MF 11-05-84 / 30 170cm 96 (12) Barcelona, Spain<br />
7 David VILLA FW 03-12-81 / 32 175cm 95 (56) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
8 Xavi HERNANDEZ MF 25-01-80 / 34 170cm 131 (12) Barcelona, Spain<br />
9 Fernando TORRES FW 20-03-84 / 30 186cm 107 (36) Chelsea, England<br />
10 Cesc FABREGAS MF 04-05-87 / 27 175cm 88 (13) Barcelona, Spain<br />
11 Pedro RODRIGUEZ FW 28-07-87 / 26 169cm 39 (14) Barcelona, Spain<br />
12 David DE GEA GK 07-11-90 / 23 190cm 0 (0) Manchester United, England<br />
13 Juan M<strong>AT</strong>A FW 28-04-88 / 26 171cm 33 (9) Manchester United, England<br />
14 Xabi ALONSO MF 25-11-81 / 32 183cm 109 (15) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
15 Sergio RAMOS DF 30-03-86 / 28 183cm 115 (9) Real Madrid, Spain<br />
16 Sergio BUSQUETS MF 16-07-88 / 25 189cm 65 (0) Barcelona, Spain<br />
17 KOKE MF 08-01-92 / 22 178cm 7 (0) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
18 Jordi ALBA DF 21-03-89 / 25 170cm 25 (5) Barcelona, Spain<br />
19 Diego COSTA FW 07-10-88 / 25 188cm 3 (0) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
20 Santi CAZORLA MF 13-12-84 / 29 169cm 63 (11) Arsenal, England<br />
21 David SILVA MF 08-01-86 / 28 170cm 79 (20) Manchester City, England<br />
22 Cesar AZPILICUETA MF 28-08-89 / 24 178cm 6 (0) Chelsea, England<br />
23 Pepe REINA GK 31-08-82 / 31 187cm 32 (0) Napoli, Italy<br />
COACH: Vicente Del Bosque (Spain) age 63 years<br />
Coach of Spain since 2008<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2010 (Spain)<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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SWITZERLAND<br />
Swiss Confederation<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Population: 8.1 million<br />
Main languages: French, German, Romansh, Italian<br />
Life expectancy: 83 years<br />
GDP per person: $52100<br />
Capital city: Bern<br />
Association founded: 1895<br />
No. footballers / registered: 571,700 / 232,700<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 6<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 3 (Aug-93)<br />
Continental titles: -<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 10 (1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1962,<br />
1966, 1994, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Quarter-finalists 1954<br />
Biggest win: 4-1 v Italy (1954) & Romania (1994)<br />
Biggest loss: 0-5 v West Germany (1966)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: UEFA Group E winners<br />
Australia's record against Switzerland (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 1 0 1 0<br />
Under-23 1 0 1 0<br />
Group E<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Switzerland<br />
Population count (2011 census): 11900<br />
0.2 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 7.7 7.3 64.8 20.2<br />
Median age: 48.4 years<br />
Sex ratio: 106.9 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 23.6 50.9 25.6<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 77.4 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Mosman (NSW),<br />
Buderim (Qld), Duncraig (WA)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
08-06-13 Cyprus W 1-0 Geneva<br />
14-08-13 Brazil W 1-0 Basel<br />
06-09-13 Iceland D 4-4 Berne<br />
10-09-13 Norway W 2-0 Oslo<br />
11-10-13 Albania W 2-1 Tirana<br />
15-10-13 Slovenia W 1-0 Berne<br />
15-11-13 Korea Republic L 1-2 Seoul<br />
05-03-14 Croatia D 2-2 St Gall<br />
30-05-14 Jamaica W 1-0 Lucerne<br />
03-06-14 Peru W 2-0 Lucerne<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 9<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – SWITZERLAND<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Diego BENAGLIO GK 08-09-83 / 30 195cm 57 (0) VfL Wolfsburg, Germany<br />
2 Stephan LICHTSTEINER DF 16-01-84 / 30 180cm 63 (5) Juventus, Italy<br />
3 Reto ZIEGLER DF 16-01-86 / 28 183cm 35 (1) Sassuolo, Italy<br />
4 Philippe SENDEROS DF 14-02-85 / 29 190cm 53 (5) Valencia, Spain<br />
5 Steve VON BERGEN DF 10-06-83 / 31 183cm 41 (0) Young Boys, Switzerland<br />
6 Michael LANG DF 08-02-91 / 23 185cm 6 (1) Grasshopper Club, Switzerland<br />
7 Tranquillo BARNETTA MF 22-05-85 / 29 178cm 74 (10) Eintracht Frankfurt, Germany<br />
8 Gokhan INLER MF 27-06-84 / 29 181cm 73 (6) Napoli, Italy<br />
9 Haris SEFEROVIC FW 22-02-92 / 22 187cm 11 (1) Real Sociedad, Spain<br />
10 Granit XHAKA MF 27-09-92 / 21 183cm 26 (4) B.Moenchengladbach, Germany<br />
11 Valon BEHRAMI MF 19-04-85 / 29 184cm 48 (2) Napoli, Italy<br />
12 Yann SOMMER GK 17-12-88 / 25 183cm 6 (0) Basel, Switzerland<br />
13 Ricardo RODRIGUEZ DF 25-08-92 / 21 180cm 21 (0) VfL Wolfsburg, Germany<br />
14 Valentin STOCKER MF 12-04-89 / 25 179cm 24 (3) Basel, Switzerland<br />
15 Blerim DZEMAILI MF 12-04-86 / 28 179cm 34 (1) Napoli, Italy<br />
16 Gelson FERNANDES MF 02-09-86 / 27 179cm 47 (2) Freiburg, Germany<br />
17 Mario GAVRANOVIC FW 24-11-89 / 24 175cm 11 (4) Zuerich, Switzerland<br />
18 Admir MEHMEDI FW 16-03-91 / 23 183cm 21 (1) Freiburg, Germany<br />
19 Josip DRMIC FW 08-08-92 / 21 182cm 7 (3) Nuernberg, Germany<br />
20 Johan DJOUROU DF 18-01-87 / 27 192cm 44 (1) Hamburger, Germany<br />
21 Roman BUERKI GK 14-11-90 / 23 188cm 0 (0) Grasshopper Club, Switzerland<br />
22 Fabian SCHAER DF 20-12-91 / 22 186cm 6 (3) Basel, Switzerland<br />
23 Xherdan SHAQIRI MF 10-10-91 / 22 169cm 33 (9) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
COACH: Ottmar Hitzfeld (Germany) age 65 years<br />
Coach of Switzerland since 2008<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2010 (Switzerland) Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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UNITED ST<strong>AT</strong>ES<br />
United States of America<br />
Population: 320 million<br />
Main language: English<br />
Life expectancy: 79 years<br />
GDP per person: $50000<br />
Capital city: Washington DC<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Association founded: 1913<br />
No. footballers / registered: 24,472,778 / 4,186,778<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 13<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 4 (Apr-06)<br />
Continental titles: 5 times CONCACAF Gold Cup winners<br />
(1991, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2013)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 10 (1930, 1934, 1950, 1990, 1994,<br />
1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Third 1930<br />
Biggest win: 3-0 v Belgium & Paraguay (1930)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-7 v Italy (1934)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: CONCACAF 4th round winners<br />
Australia's record against United States (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 3 1 1 1<br />
Under-23 2 1 1 0<br />
Under-20 4 1 0 3<br />
Under-17 10 0 5 5<br />
Group G<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in United States<br />
Population count (2011 census): 77000<br />
1.5 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 15.4 11.6 64.2 8.8<br />
Median age: 38.9 years<br />
Sex ratio: 98.6 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 9.5 43.5 47.0<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 54.6 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Mosman (NSW),<br />
Manly (NSW), Melbourne (Vic)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
11-10-13 Jamaica W 2-0 Kansas City<br />
15-10-13 Panama W 3-2 Panama City<br />
15-11-13 Scotland D 0-0 Glasgow<br />
19-11-13 Austria L 0-1 Vienna<br />
01-02-14 Korea Republic W 2-0 Carson<br />
05-03-14 Ukraine L 0-2 Larnaca<br />
02-04-14 Mexico D 2-2 Glendale<br />
27-05-14 Azerbaijan W 2-0 San Francisco<br />
01-06-14 Turkey W 2-1 Harrison<br />
07-06-14 Nigeria W 2-1 Jacksonville<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 21<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – UNITED ST<strong>AT</strong>ES<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Tim HOWARD GK 06-03-79 / 35 187cm 98 (0) Everton, England<br />
2 DeAndre YEDLIN DF 09-07-93 / 20 175cm 4 (0) Seattle Sounders, USA<br />
3 Omar GONZALEZ DF 11-10-88 / 25 195cm 19 (0) Los Angeles Galaxy, USA<br />
4 Michael BRADLEY MF 31-07-87 / 26 185cm 84 (12) Toronto, Canada<br />
5 Matt BESLER DF 11-02-87 / 27 182cm 16 (0) Sporting Kansas City, USA<br />
6 John BROOKS DF 28-01-93 / 21 193cm 4 (0) Hertha Berlin, Germany<br />
7 DaMarcus BEASLEY DF 24-05-82 / 32 170cm 115 (17) Puebla, Mexico<br />
8 Clint DEMPSEY FW 09-03-83 / 31 185cm 103 (36) Seattle Sounders, USA<br />
9 Aron JOHANNSSON FW 10-11-90 / 23 182cm 8 (2) AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands<br />
10 Mix DISKERUD MF 02-10-90 / 23 182cm 19 (3) Rosenberg, Norway<br />
11 Alejandro BEDOYA MF 29-04-87 / 27 178cm 26 (1) Nantes, France<br />
12 Brad GUZAN GK 09-09-84 / 29 193cm 25 (0) Aston Villa, England<br />
13 Jermaine JONES MF 03-11-81 / 32 184cm 43 (2) Besiktas, Turkey<br />
14 Brad DAVIS MF 08-11-81 / 32 180cm 16 (0) Houston Dynamo, USA<br />
15 Kyle BECKERMAN MF 23-04-82 / 32 181cm 36 (1) Real Salt Lake, USA<br />
16 Julian GREEN MF 06-06-95 / 19 172cm 2 (0) Bayern Muenchen, Germany<br />
17 Jozy ALTIDORE FW 06-11-89 / 24 185cm 68 (20) Sunderland, England<br />
18 Chris WONDOLOWSKI FW 28-01-83 / 31 182cm 19 (9) San Jose Earthquakes, USA<br />
19 Graham ZUSI MF 18-08-86 / 27 177cm 22 (3) Sporting Kansas City, USA<br />
20 Geoff CAMERON DF 11-07-85 / 28 190cm 26 (1) Stoke City, England<br />
21 Timmy CHANDLER DF 29-03-90 / 24 186cm 12 (0) Nuernberg, Germany<br />
22 Nick RIMANDO GK 17-06-79 / 34 182cm 14 (0) Real Salt Lake, USA<br />
23 Fabian JOHNSON DF 11-12-87 / 26 182cm 21 (1) Hoffenheim, Germany<br />
COACH: Juergen Klinsmann (Germany) age 49 years<br />
Coach of United States since 2011<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 2006 (Germany)<br />
Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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URUGUAY<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> COUNTRY PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Oriental Republic of Uruguay<br />
Population: 3.4 million<br />
Main language: Spanish<br />
Life expectancy: 77 years<br />
GDP per person: $16000<br />
Capital city: Montevideo<br />
Association founded: 1900<br />
No. footballers / registered: 241,300 / 41,800<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking (Jun-14): 7<br />
Highest <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking: 2 (Jun-12)<br />
Continental titles: 15 times Copa America winners<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> RECORD<br />
Participations: 12 (1930, 1950, 1954, 1962, 1966,<br />
1970, 1974, 1986, 1990, 2002, 2010, <strong>2014</strong>)<br />
Best placing: Winners 1930, 1950<br />
Biggest win: 8-0 v Bolivia (1950)<br />
Biggest loss: 1-6 v Denmark (1986)<br />
Qualified for <strong>2014</strong> edition as: AFC v CONMEBOL<br />
play-off winners (v Jordan)<br />
Australia's record against Uruguay (men's)<br />
Team P W D L<br />
Senior 9 4 1 4<br />
Under-20 8 2 2 4<br />
Under-17 7 2 4 1<br />
Group D<br />
DEMOGRAPHIC PR<strong>OF</strong>ILE<br />
Australian residents born in Uruguay<br />
Population count (2011 census): 9200<br />
0.2 per cent of overseas-born population<br />
Age range (years) 0-14 15-24 25-64 65+<br />
per cent distribution 1.0 1.7 67.6 29.7<br />
Median age: 55.8 years<br />
Sex ratio: 91.0 males per 100 females<br />
Arrived in Australia Before 1970 1971-2000 After 2000<br />
per cent distribution 11.1 83.6 5.4<br />
Australian citizenship rate: 93.9 per cent<br />
Main localities of residence: Bossley Park (NSW),<br />
Fairfield (NSW), Hinchinbrook (NSW)<br />
FORM <strong>GUIDE</strong><br />
14-08-13 Japan W 4-2 Rifu<br />
06-09-13 Peru W 2-1 Lima<br />
10-09-13 Colombia W 2-0 Montevideo<br />
11-10-13 Ecuador L 0-1 Quito<br />
15-10-13 Argentina W 3-2 Montevideo<br />
13-11-13 Jordan W 5-0 Amman<br />
20-11-13 Jordan D 0-0 Montevideo<br />
05-03-14 Austria D 1-1 Klagenfurt<br />
30-05-14 Northern Ireland W 1-0 Montevideo<br />
04-06-14 Slovenia W 2-0 Montevideo<br />
No. of matches played 12-06-13 to 12-06-14: 15<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> SQUAD – URUGUAY<br />
# Player Pos Birthdate / Age Height Caps (gls) Club, country<br />
1 Fernando MUSLERA GK 16-06-86 / 27 190cm 58 (0) Galatasaray, Turkey<br />
2 Diego LUGANO DF 02-11-80 / 33 188cm 94 (9) West Bromwich Albion, England<br />
3 Diego GODIN DF 16-02-86 / 28 185cm 77 (3) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
4 Jorge FUCILE DF 19-11-84 / 29 177cm 42 (0) Porto, Portugal<br />
5 Walter GARGANO MF 23-07-84 / 29 168cm 63 (1) Parma, Italy<br />
6 Alvaro PEREIRA MF 28-11-85 / 28 182cm 57 (6) Sao Paulo, Brazil<br />
7 Cristian RODRIGUEZ MF 30-09-85 / 28 178cm 73 (8) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
8 Abel HERNANDEZ FW 08-08-90 / 23 186cm 12 (7) Citta di Palermo, Italy<br />
9 Luis SUAREZ FW 24-01-87 / 27 181cm 77 (39) Liverpool, England<br />
10 Diego FORLAN FW 19-05-79 / 35 181cm 110 (36) Cerezo Osaka, Japan<br />
11 Cristhian STUANI FW 12-10-86 / 27 186cm 10 (4) Espanyol, Spain<br />
12 Rodrigo MUNOZ GK 22-01-82 / 32 185cm 0 (0) Club Libertad, Paraguay<br />
13 Jose GIMENEZ DF 20-01-95 / 19 184cm 6 (0) Atletico Madrid, Spain<br />
14 Nicolas LODEIRO MF 21-03-89 / 25 173cm 26 (3) Botafogo, Brazil<br />
15 Diego PEREZ MF 18-05-80 / 34 176cm 89 (2) Bologna, Italy<br />
16 Maximiliano PEREIRA DF 08-06-84 / 30 173cm 90 (3) Benfica, Portugal<br />
17 Egidio AREVALO MF 01-01-82 / 32 168cm 55 (0) Monarcas Morelia, Mexico<br />
18 Gaston RAMIREZ MF 02-12-90 / 23 183cm 29 (0) Southampton, England<br />
19 Sebastian CO<strong>AT</strong>ES DF 07-10-90 / 23 196cm 15 (0) Club Nacional, Uruguay<br />
20 Alvaro GONZALEZ MF 29-10-84 / 29 175cm 43 (2) Lazio, Italy<br />
21 Edinson CAVANI FW 14-02-87 / 27 188cm 62 (21) Paris Saint-Germain, France<br />
22 Martin CACERES DF 07-04-87 / 27 178cm 57 (1) Juventus, Italy<br />
23 Martin SILVA GK 25-03-83 / 31 187cm 4 (0) Vasco da Gama, Brazil<br />
COACH: Oscar Tabarez (Uruguay) age 67 years<br />
Coach of Uruguay since 2006 (also 1988-1990)<br />
Previous <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup experience (as coach): 1990 & 2010 (Uruguay) Age as at 12-Jun-14, Caps (gls) as at 5-Jun-14<br />
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HEAD-TO-HEAD<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>’S HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD against other <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup teams<br />
Opponent Date Match type Venue Result<br />
ALGERIA<br />
No previous encounters<br />
ARGENTINA 14-07-88 Bicentennial Cup Sydney, Australia W 4–1<br />
18-06-92 Friendly Buenos Aires, Argentina L 0–2<br />
31-10-93 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Sydney, Australia D 1–1<br />
17-11-93 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Buenos Aires, Argentina L 0–1<br />
30-06-95 Friendly Buenos Aires, Argentina L 0–2<br />
18-06-05 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup Nuremberg, Germany L 2–4<br />
11-09-07 Friendly Melbourne, Australia L 0–1<br />
Overall record: 7. W1–D1–L5<br />
BELGIUM<br />
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA<br />
No previous encounters<br />
No previous encounters<br />
<strong>BRAZIL</strong> 07-07-88 Bicentennial Cup Melbourne, Australia L 0–1<br />
17-07-88 Bicentennial Cup - final Sydney, Australia L 0–2<br />
20-09-88 Olympic Games Seoul, Korea Republic L 0–3<br />
14-12-97 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup Riyadh, Saudi Arabia D 0–0<br />
21-12-97 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - final Riyadh, Saudi Arabia L 0–6<br />
09-06-01 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - 3rd place Ulsan, Korea Republic W 1–0<br />
18-06-06 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage Munich, Germany L 0–2<br />
07-09-13 Friendly Brasilia, Brazil L 0–6<br />
Overall record: 8. W1–D1–L6<br />
CAMEROON<br />
No previous encounters<br />
CHILE 22-06-74 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Berlin, Germany D 0–0<br />
24-04-96 Friendly Antofagasta, Chile L 0–3<br />
07-02-98 Optus World Series Melbourne, Australia L 0–1<br />
09-02-00 Four Nation Tournament Valparaiso, Chile L 1–2<br />
Overall record: 4. W0–D1–L3<br />
COLOMBIA 08-02-95 Friendly Brisbane, Australia D 0–0<br />
11-02-95 Friendly Sydney, Australia L 0–1<br />
28-02-01 Friendly Bogota, Colombia L 2–3<br />
Overall record: 3. W0–D1–L2<br />
COSTA RICA 19-11-13 Friendly Sydney, Australia W 1–0<br />
Overall record: 1. W1–D0–L0<br />
CÔTE D’IVOIRE<br />
No previous encounters<br />
CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA 05-07-92 Friendly Melbourne, Australia W 1–0<br />
08-07-92 Friendly Adelaide, Australia W 3–1<br />
12-07-92 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 0–0<br />
06-06-98 Friendly Zagreb, Croatia L 0–7<br />
22-06-06 World Cup - group stage Stuttgart, Germany D 2–2<br />
06-06-14 Friendly Salvador, Brazil L 0–1<br />
Overall record: 6. W2–D2–L2<br />
ECUADOR 05-03-14 Friendly London, England L 3–4<br />
Overall record: 1. W0–D0–L1<br />
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ENGLAND 31-05-80 Friendly Sydney, Australia L 1–2<br />
12-06-83 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 0–0<br />
15-06-83 Friendly Brisbane, Australia L 0–1<br />
19-06-83 Friendly Melbourne, Australia D 1–1<br />
01-06-91 Friendly Sydney, Australia L 0–1<br />
12-02-03 Friendly London, England W 3–1<br />
Overall record: 6. W1–D2–L3<br />
FRANCE 26-05-94 Kirin Cup Kobe, Japan L 0–1<br />
01-06-01 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup Daegu, Korea Republic W 1–0<br />
11-11-01 Friendly Melbourne, Australia D 1–1<br />
11-10-13 Friendly Paris, France L 0–6<br />
Overall record: 4. W1–D1–L2<br />
GERMANY 18-06-74 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup (as West Germany) Hamburg, Germany L 0–3<br />
15-06-05 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup Frankfurt, Germany L 3–4<br />
13-06-10 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage Durban, South Africa L 0–4<br />
29-03-11 Friendly Monchengladbach, Germany W 2–1<br />
Overall record: 4. W1–D0–L3<br />
GHANA 18-06-95 Friendly Sydney, Australia W 2–1<br />
21-06-95 Friendly Adelaide, Australia W 1–0<br />
24-06-95 Friendly Perth, Australia L 0–1<br />
14-09-96 Simba Cup Durban, South Africa W 2–0<br />
14-11-06 Friendly London, England D 1–1<br />
23-05-08 Friendly Sydney, Australia W 1–0<br />
19-06-10 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage Rustenburg, South Africa D 1–1<br />
Overall record: 7. W4–D2–L1<br />
GREECE 20-07-69 Friendly Sydney, Australia W 1–0<br />
23-07-69 Friendly Brisbane, Australia D 2–2<br />
26-07-69 Friendly Melbourne, Australia L 0–2<br />
17-11-70 World Tour Athens, Greece W 3–1<br />
11-06-78 Friendly Melbourne, Australia L 1–2<br />
14-06-78 Friendly Adelaide, Australia L 0–1<br />
18-06-78 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 1–1<br />
11-11-80 World Tour Athens, Greece D 3–3<br />
25-05-06 Friendly Melbourne, Australia W 1–0<br />
Overall record: 9. W3–D3–L3<br />
HONDURAS<br />
No previous encounters<br />
IRAN 04-11-70 World Tour Tehran, Iran W 2–1<br />
18-08-73 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Sydney, Australia W 3–0<br />
24-08-73 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Tehran, Iran L 0–2<br />
14-08-77 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Melbourne, Australia L 0–1<br />
25-11-77 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Tehran, Iran L 0–1<br />
22-11-97 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Tehran, Iran D 1–1<br />
29-11-97 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Melbourne, Australia D 2–2<br />
Overall record: 7. W2–D2–L3<br />
ITALY 26-06-06 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - round of 16 Kaiserslautern, Germany L 0–1<br />
Overall record: 1. W0–D0–L1<br />
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JAPAN 27-11-56 Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia W 2–0<br />
30-03-68 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 2–2<br />
31-03-68 Friendly Melbourne, Australia W 3–1<br />
04-04-68 Friendly Adelaide, Australia L 1–3<br />
10-10-69 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic W 3–1<br />
16-10-69 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic D 1–1<br />
22-05-94 Kirin Cup Hiroshima, Japan D 1–1<br />
29-09-94 Friendly Tokyo, Japan D 0–0<br />
15-02-95 Friendly Sydney, Australia W 2–1<br />
10-02-96 Friendly Wollongong, Australia L 1–4<br />
14-02-96 Friendly Melbourne, Australia W 3–0<br />
15-02-98 Optus World Series Adelaide, Australia L 0–3<br />
07-06-01 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - semi final Yokohama, Japan L 0–1<br />
15-08-01 AFC/<strong>OF</strong>C Cup Shizuoka, Japan L 0–3<br />
12-06-06 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage Kaiserslautern, Germany W 3–1<br />
21-07-07 AFC Asian Cup - quarter final Hanoi, Vietnam D 1–1 3p-4p<br />
11-02-09 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Yokohama, Japan D 0–0<br />
17-06-09 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Melbourne, Australia W 2–1<br />
29-01-11 AFC Asian Cup - final Doha, Qatar L 0–1<br />
12-06-12 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - final round Brisbane, Australia D 1–1<br />
04-06-13 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - final round Saitama, Japan D 1–1<br />
25-07-13 EAFF East Asian Cup Final Hwaseong, Australia L 2–3<br />
Overall record: 22. W7–D8–L7<br />
KOREA REPUBLIC 14-11-67 Vietnam National Day tournament Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam W 3–2<br />
14-10-69 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic W 2–1<br />
20-10-69 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic D 1–1<br />
22-10-72 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic D 1–1<br />
24-10-72 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic W 2–0<br />
28-10-73 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Sydney, Australia D 0–0<br />
10-11-73 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic D 2–2<br />
13-11-73 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Hong Kong, Hong Kong W 1–0<br />
28-08-77 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Sydney, Australia W 2–1<br />
23-10-77 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Seoul, Korea Republic D 0–0<br />
17-10-82 Merlion Cup Singapore, Singapore W 3–2<br />
15-12-83 Merlion Cup Singapore, Singapore W 3–1<br />
21-06-87 Presidents Cup - final Seoul, Korea Republic D 1–1 4p-5p<br />
06-09-90 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic L 0–1<br />
09-09-90 Friendly Busan, Korea Republic L 0–1<br />
14-06-91 Presidents Cup - semi final Seoul, Korea Republic D 0–0 3p-4p<br />
24-09-93 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic D 1–1<br />
26-09-93 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic L 0–1<br />
22-01-97 Optus World Series Brisbane, Australia W 2–1<br />
11-02-98 Optus World Series Sydney, Australia W 1–0<br />
07-10-00 LG Cup Dubai, United Arab Emirates L 2–4<br />
03-06-01 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup Suwon, Korea Republic L 0–1<br />
05-09-09 Friendly Seoul, Korea Republic L 1–3<br />
14-01-11 AFC Asian Cup - group stage Doha, Qatar D 1–1<br />
14-11-12 Friendly Hwaseong, Korea Republic W 2–1<br />
20-07-13 EAFF East Asian Cup Final Seoul, Korea Republic D 0–0<br />
Overall record: 26. W10–D10–L6<br />
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MEXICO 01-12-70 World Tour Mexico City, Mexico L 0–3<br />
24-08-80 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 2–2<br />
26-08-80 Friendly Melbourne, Australia D 1–1<br />
12-12-97 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup Riyadh, Saudi Arabia W 3–1<br />
30-05-01 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup Suwon, Korea Republic W 2–0<br />
Overall record: 5. W2–D2–L1<br />
NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS 04-06-06 Friendly Rotterdam, Netherlands D 1–1<br />
06-09-08 Friendly Eindhoven, Netherlands W 2–1<br />
10-10-09 Friendly Sydney, Australia D 0–0<br />
Overall record: 3. W1–D2–L0<br />
NIGERIA 22-09-88 Olympic Games Seoul, Korea Republic W 1–0<br />
17-11-07 Friendly London, England W 1–0<br />
Overall record: 2. W2–D0–L0<br />
PORTUGAL<br />
No previous encounters<br />
RUSSIA 16-11-75 Friendly Perth, Australia D 0–0<br />
(all matches as 20-11-75 Friendly Adelaide, Australia L 0–3<br />
Soviet Union) 23-11-75 Friendly Melbourne, Australia L 1–2<br />
26-11-75 Friendly Brisbane, Australia D 0–0<br />
30-11-75 Friendly Sydney, Australia L 2–3<br />
03-12-75 Friendly Newcastle, Australia D 1–1<br />
25-09-88 Olympic Games - quarter final Busan, Korea Republic L 0–3<br />
Overall record: 7. W0–D3–L4<br />
SPAIN<br />
No previous encounters<br />
SWITZERLAND 03-09-10 Friendly St Gallen, Switzerland D 0–0<br />
Overall record: 1. W0–D1–L0<br />
UNITED ST<strong>AT</strong>ES 13-06-92 Friendly Orlando, United States W 1–0<br />
06-11-98 Friendly San Jose, United States D 0–0<br />
05-06-10 Friendly Johannesburg, South Africa L 1–3<br />
Overall record: 3. W1–D1–L1<br />
URUGUAY 25-04-74 Friendly Melbourne, Australia D 0–0<br />
27-04-74 Friendly Sydney, Australia W 2–0<br />
21-06-92 Friendly Montevideo, Uruguay L 0–2<br />
19-12-97 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - semi final Riyadh, Saudi Arabia W 1–0<br />
20-11-01 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Melbourne, Australia W 1–0<br />
25-11-01 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Montevideo, Uruguay L 0–3<br />
12-11-05 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Montevideo, Uruguay L 0–1<br />
16-11-05 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier Sydney, Australia W 1–0 4p-2p<br />
02-06-07 Friendly Sydney, Australia L 1–2<br />
Overall record: 9. W4–D1–L4<br />
Head to head record as at 7 June <strong>2014</strong><br />
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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) saw 43 teams playing for 4.5 berths in the <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup, with the top<br />
four qualifying directly, and the fifth team playing in an International Play-off.<br />
ROUNDS 1, 2<br />
AFC qualifying started with Round 1 in June–July<br />
2011, followed by Round 2 in July 2011.<br />
ROUND 3<br />
Australia commenced its campaign in Round 3. The<br />
top five Asian teams (Japan, Australia, Korea Republic,<br />
Iran and China) entered directly to Round 3 [Sep 2011<br />
– Feb 2012], along with the 15 winners from Round 2.<br />
Round 3 consisted of five groups of four teams,<br />
with the top two from each group advancing to the<br />
fourth qualifying round.<br />
GROUP D – ROUND 3 RESULTS<br />
02-Sep-11 Australia 2–1 Thailand<br />
Oman 0–0 Saudi Arabia<br />
06-Sep-11 Thailand 3–0 Oman<br />
Saudi Arabia 1–3 Australia<br />
11-Oct-11 Australia 3–0 Oman<br />
Thailand 0–0 Saudi Arabia<br />
11-Nov-11 Oman 1–0 Australia<br />
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Thailand<br />
15-Nov-11 Thailand 0–1 Australia<br />
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Oman<br />
29-Feb-12 Australia 4–2 Saudi Arabia<br />
Oman 2–0 Thailand<br />
GROUP D W D L F A Pts<br />
Australia 5 0 1 13 5 15<br />
Oman 2 2 2 3 6 8<br />
Saudi Arabia 1 3 2 6 7 6<br />
Thailand 1 1 4 4 8 4<br />
O<strong>THE</strong>R ROUND 3 GROUPS<br />
GROUP A W D L F A Pts<br />
Iraq 5 0 1 14 4 15<br />
Jordan 4 0 2 11 7 12<br />
China 3 0 3 10 6 9<br />
Singapore 0 0 6 2 20 0<br />
GROUP B W D L F A Pts<br />
Korea Republic 4 1 1 14 4 13<br />
Lebanon 3 1 2 10 14 10<br />
Kuwait 2 2 2 8 9 8<br />
UAE 1 0 5 9 14 3<br />
GROUP C W D L F A Pts<br />
Uzbekistan 5 1 0 8 1 16<br />
Japan 3 1 2 14 3 10<br />
Korea DPR 2 1 3 3 4 7<br />
Tajikistan 0 1 5 1 18 1<br />
GROUP E W D L F A Pts<br />
Iran 3 3 0 17 5 12<br />
Qatar 2 4 0 10 5 10<br />
Bahrain 2 3 1 13 7 9<br />
Indonesia 0 0 6 3 26 0<br />
ROUND 4<br />
Round 4 [Jun 2012 – Jun 2013] consisted of<br />
two groups of five teams.<br />
The top two from each group qualified directly<br />
for the <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup.<br />
The two third-placed teams played off for the right<br />
to play in the Intercontinental Play-off against the<br />
fifth-placed CONMEBOL team for a World Cup spot.<br />
GROUP B – ROUND 4 RESULTS<br />
03-Jun-12 Japan 3–0 Oman<br />
Jordan 1–1 Iraq<br />
08-Jun-12 Japan 6–0 Jordan<br />
Oman 0–0 Australia<br />
12-Jun-12 Australia 1–1 Japan<br />
Iraq 1–1 Oman<br />
11-Sep-12 Japan 1–0 Iraq<br />
Jordan 2–1 Australia<br />
16-Oct-12 Oman 2–1 Jordan<br />
Iraq 1–2 Australia<br />
14-Nov-12 Oman 1–2 Japan<br />
Iraq 1–0 Jordan<br />
26-Mar-13 Australia 2–2 Oman<br />
Jordan 2–1 Japan<br />
04-Jun-13 Japan 1–1 Australia<br />
Oman 1–0 Iraq<br />
11-Jun-13 Australia 4–0 Jordan<br />
Iraq 0–1 Japan<br />
18-Jun-13 Australia 1–0 Iraq<br />
Jordan 1–0 Oman<br />
GROUP B W D L F A Pts<br />
Japan 5 2 1 16 5 17<br />
Australia 3 4 1 12 7 13<br />
Jordan 3 1 4 7 16 10<br />
Oman 2 3 3 7 10 9<br />
Iraq 1 2 5 4 8 5<br />
GROUP A W D L F A Pts<br />
Iran 5 1 2 8 2 16<br />
Korea Republic 4 2 2 13 7 14<br />
Uzbekistan 4 2 2 11 6 14<br />
Qatar 2 1 5 5 13 7<br />
Lebanon 1 2 5 3 12 5<br />
ROUND 5<br />
Jordan defeated Uzbekistan over two legs<br />
(2-2 on aggregate, 9-8 on penalties)<br />
to finish fifth in AFC qualifying.<br />
Jordan then lost to Uruguay over two legs<br />
(0-5, 0-0) in the AFC/CONMEBOL<br />
Intercontinental Playoff.<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>’S <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> QUALIFYING M<strong>AT</strong>CHES – line-ups<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong><br />
World Cup<br />
Campaign<br />
Thailand (H) W2-1<br />
AFC Qualifying Round 3 AFC Qualifying Round 4<br />
Saudi Arabia (A) W3-1<br />
Oman (H) W3-0<br />
Oman (A) L0-1<br />
Thailand (A) W1-0<br />
Saudi Arabia (H) W4-2<br />
Marco Bresciano • • • • ◦ • • 8 1<br />
Alex Brosque ◦ ◦ • • • • • 9 3<br />
Tim Cahill • ◦ • • • • 9 3<br />
Nick Carle ◦ 1 0<br />
David Carney ◦ • • • 4 0<br />
Robert Cornthwaite • 1 0<br />
Brett Emerton • • ◦ • 5 1<br />
Adam Federici • 1 0<br />
James Holland ◦ • 2 0<br />
Brett Holman • • • • • • • • 11 3<br />
Mile Jedinak • • • ◦ • • 7 1<br />
Josh Kennedy • • 6 5<br />
Harry Kewell • • 3 1<br />
Neil Kilkenny • ◦ ◦ 3 0<br />
Robbie Kruse ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ • • • • • 13 1<br />
Matt McKay • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13 0<br />
Mark Milligan ◦ • ◦ • • • 6 0<br />
Lucas Neill • • • • • • • • • • • • 13 1<br />
Jade North • • • 3 0<br />
Tommy Oar ◦ ◦ • • 5 1<br />
Sasa Ognenovski • • • • • • • • 8 0<br />
Tomas Rogic ◦ ◦ 2 0<br />
Nikita Rukavytsya ◦ 1 0<br />
Mark Schwarzer • • • • • • • • • • • • • 13 0<br />
Matthew Spiranovic • • • • • ◦ • 7 0<br />
Archie Thompson ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ 8 2<br />
Michael Thwaite • 1 0<br />
James Troisi ◦ • 2 0<br />
Carl Valeri • • • • • • • • 8 0<br />
Dario Vidosic ◦ ◦ 2 0<br />
Luke Wilkshire • • • • • • • • • • • 13 2<br />
Rhys Williams • • 2 0<br />
Michael Zullo • • • 3 0<br />
• = starting appearance ◦ = substitute appearance # = goals scored<br />
Oman (A) D0-0<br />
Japan (H) D1-1<br />
Jordan (A) L1-2<br />
Iraq (A) W2-1<br />
Oman (H) D2-2<br />
Japan (A) D1-1<br />
Jordan (H) W4-0<br />
Iraq (H) W1-0<br />
Appearances<br />
Goals<br />
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REFEREES<br />
Referee Country Age Mother tongue International<br />
since<br />
Joel Aguilar El Salvador 38 Spanish 2001<br />
Alioum Cameroon 32 French 2008<br />
Daniel Bennett South Africa 37 English 2003<br />
Dr Felix Brych Germany 38 German 2007<br />
Cüneyt Çakir Turkey 37 Turkish 2006<br />
Noumandiez Desire Doue Côte d'Ivoire 43 French 2004<br />
Jonas Eriksson Sweden 40 Swedish 2002<br />
Alireza Faghani Iran 36 Persian 2008<br />
Bakary Gassama Gambia 35 English 2007<br />
Mark Geiger USA 39 English 2008<br />
Djamel Haimoudi Algeria 43 Arabic 2004<br />
Norbert Hauata Tahiti 35 French 2008<br />
Ravshan Irmatov Uzbekistan 36 Uzbek 2003<br />
Björn Kuipers Netherlands 41 Dutch 2006<br />
Walter Lopez Guatemala 33 Spanish 2006<br />
Milorad Mazic Serbia 41 Serbian 2009<br />
Svein Oddvar Moen Norway 35 Norwegian 2005<br />
Yuichi Nishimura Japan 42 Japanese 2004<br />
Peter O'Leary New Zealand 42 English 2003<br />
Enrique Osses Chile 40 Spanish 2005<br />
Nestor Pittana Argentina 38 Spanish 2010<br />
Pedro Proença Portugal 43 Portuguese 2003<br />
Sandro Ricci Brazil 39 Portuguese 2011<br />
Nicola Rizzoli Italy 42 Italian 2007<br />
Marco Rodriguez Mexico 40 Spanish 1999<br />
Wilmar Roldan Colombia 34 Spanish 2008<br />
Roberto Moreno Salazar Panama 44 Spanish 1996<br />
Nawaf Shukralla Bahrain 37 Arabic 2007<br />
Carlos Velasco Carballo Spain 43 Spanish 2008<br />
Carlos Alfredo Vera Ecuador 37 Spanish 2006<br />
Howard Webb England 42 English 2005<br />
Ben Williams Australia 37 English 2005<br />
Australian trio to referee at the <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup<br />
Referee Ben Williams and Assistant Referees Matthew Cream and Hakan Anaz<br />
are Australia’s contingent of match officials at the <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup.<br />
Williams, a physical education teacher from Canberra, officiates in the Australian<br />
A-League and AFC Asian Champions League. Highlights of his career include the<br />
2010 <strong>FIFA</strong> Club World Cup, 2011 AFC Asian Cup, 2012 Olympic Games and 2012<br />
Asian Champions League final. He was was named AFC 2013 Referee of the Year.<br />
Cream, a referee development officer from Adelaide, has been a <strong>FIFA</strong><br />
international assistant referee since 2000. He has officiated at two <strong>FIFA</strong><br />
Confederations Cups and the 2012 Olympic Games.<br />
Career highlights of Anaz include the 2011 AFC Asian Cup and 2012 Olympic<br />
Games. An accountant based in Melbourne, Anaz has been a <strong>FIFA</strong> international<br />
assistant since 2005.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N M<strong>AT</strong>CH <strong><strong>OF</strong>FICIAL</strong>S<br />
<strong>AT</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong><br />
Referees<br />
Tony Boskovic (1974, 1982)<br />
Chris Bambridge (1986)<br />
Eddie Lennie (1998)<br />
Mark Shield (2002, 2006)<br />
Assistant Referees<br />
Richard Lorenc (1990)<br />
Gordon Dunster (1994)<br />
Eugene Brazzale (1994)<br />
Nathan Gibson (2006)<br />
Ben Wilson (2006)<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>’S SQUAD<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> – <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>’S 23-PLAYER FINAL SQUAD<br />
Name Age Position Club Country Caps<br />
Oliver BOZANIC 25 Midfielder Luzern Switzerland 3<br />
Marco BRESCIANO 34 Midfielder Al Gharafa Qatar 74<br />
Tim CAHILL 34 Forward New York Red Bulls United States 70<br />
Jason DAVIDSON 22 Defender Heracles Almelo Netherlands 7<br />
Ivan FRANJIC 26 Defender Brisbane Roar Australia 9<br />
Eugene GALEKOVIC 32 Goalkeeper Adelaide United Australia 8<br />
Ben HALLORAN 21 Midfielder Fortuna Dusseldorf Germany 2<br />
James HOLLAND 24 Midfielder Austria Vienna Austria 14<br />
Mile JEDINAK 29 Midfielder Crystal Palace England 44<br />
Mitchell LANGERAK 25 Goalkeeper Borussia Dortmund Germany 3<br />
Mathew LECKIE 23 Midfielder/Forward Frankfurt 1899 Germany 8<br />
Massimo LUONGO 21 Midfielder Swindon Town England 1<br />
Ryan McGOWAN 24 Defender Shandong Luneng Taishan China 9<br />
Matt McKAY 31 Midfielder Brisbane Roar Australia 47<br />
Mark MILLIGAN 28 Midfielder Melbourne Victory Australia 30<br />
Tommy OAR 22 Midfielder Utrecht Netherlands 15<br />
Mat RYAN 22 Goalkeeper Club Brugge Belgium 7<br />
Matthew SPIRANOVIC 25 Defender/Midfielder Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 18<br />
Adam TAGGART 20 Forward Newcastle Jets Australia 5<br />
James TROISI 25 Forward Melbourne Victory Australia 11<br />
Dario VIDOSIC 27 Midfielder/Forward Sion Switzerland 23<br />
Alex WILKINSON 29 Defender Jeonbuk Hyundai Korea Republic 3<br />
Bailey WRIGHT 21 Defender Preston North End England –<br />
Age and Caps (all Australian International appearances) as at 7 June <strong>2014</strong><br />
Other players part of the original 30-player provisional squad<br />
Mark BIRIGHITTI* 23 Goalkeeper Newcastle Jets Australia 1<br />
Joshua BRILLANTE 21 Defender/Midfielder Newcastle Jets Australia 1<br />
Curtis GOOD 21 Defender Dundee United Scotland 1<br />
Josh KENNEDY* 31 Forward Nagoya Grampus Japan 37<br />
Tom ROGIC* 21 Midfielder/Forward Melbourne Victory Australia 9<br />
Adam SAROTA 25 Midfielder Utrecht Netherlands 3<br />
Luke WILKSHIRE* 32 Defender/Midfielder Dinamo Moscow Russia 80<br />
* part of the 27-player squad that travelled to Brazil<br />
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Oliver Bozanic (13)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 8-Jan-89, Sydney<br />
Height/Weight: 175cm/70kg<br />
Position: Midfielder<br />
Australian national team: 3 appearances [2013-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2013 CANADA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2007 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers,<br />
2009 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers<br />
U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers<br />
Junior clubs: Avoca Beach, Parramatta Eagles (Sydney)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2004/05 Blacktown Australia (NSW) State<br />
2005/06 NSW Institute of Sport<br />
2006 Central Coast Australia (NSW) State<br />
2006/07 Reading England 1 0 0 8th<br />
2007/08 Reading England 1 0 0 18th<br />
2008/09 Woking (loan) England 5 18 2 21st<br />
2009/10 Cheltenham Town (loan) England 4 4 0 22nd<br />
Aldershot (loan) England 4 25 2 6th<br />
2010/11 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 33 2 2nd<br />
2011/12 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 23 1 1st<br />
2012/13 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 15 0 2nd<br />
2013/14 Luzerne Switzerland 1 28 5 5th<br />
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Marco Bresciano (23)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 11-Feb-80, Melbourne<br />
Height/Weight: 182cm/73kg<br />
Position: Midfielder<br />
Australian national team: 74 appearances (13 goals) [2001-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2001 FRANCE, KOREA REPUBLIC, JAPAN, <strong>BRAZIL</strong>, NZ, FRANCE<br />
2003 ENGLAND, IRELAND, JAMAICA (1 gl)<br />
2004 VENEZUELA, SOUTH AFRICA (1 gl), TURKEY (1 gl),<br />
TURKEY, NEW ZEALAND (1 gl), NORWAY<br />
2005 SOUTH AFRICA, IRAQ (1 gl), SOLOMONS, SOLOMONS,<br />
JAMAICA (1 gl), URUGUAY, URUGUAY (1 gl)<br />
2006 GREECE, NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS, JAPAN, <strong>BRAZIL</strong>, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA,<br />
ITALY, PARAGUAY, BAHRAIN (1 gl), GHANA<br />
2007 CHINA (1 gl), SINGAPORE, OMAN, IRAQ, THAILAND,<br />
JAPAN, ARGENTINA<br />
2008 Q<strong>AT</strong>AR (1 gl), CHINA, IRAQ, Q<strong>AT</strong>AR, SOUTH AFRICA,<br />
NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS, UZBEKISTAN, BAHRAIN (1 gl)<br />
2009 JAPAN, UZBEKISTAN, Q<strong>AT</strong>AR, IRELAND,<br />
KOREA REPUBLIC, OMAN<br />
2010 NEW ZEALAND, DENMARK, UNITED ST<strong>AT</strong>ES, GHANA, SERBIA<br />
2012 SAUDI ARABIA, DENMARK, OMAN, JAPAN, SCOTLAND (1 gl), LEBANON, JORDAN<br />
2013 ROMANIA, OMAN, JAPAN, JORDAN (1 gl), IRAQ, <strong>BRAZIL</strong>, FRANCE, CANADA, COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
Schoolboy International 1996<br />
U-17 1997 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-17 World Cup campaign qualifiers<br />
U-20 1999 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (Nigeria)<br />
U-23 2000 Olympic Games (Sydney)<br />
Junior club: Bulleen Veneto<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
1995 Bulleen Australia (Vic) State<br />
1996 Bulleen Australia (Vic) State<br />
1997 Australian Institute of Sport<br />
1997/98 Carlton Australia 1 14 3 2nd<br />
1998/99 Carlton Australia 1 18 4 11th<br />
1999/00 Empoli Italy 2 17 2 9th<br />
2000/01 Empoli Italy 2 30 5 6th<br />
2001/02 Empoli Italy 2 32 9 4th<br />
2002/03 Parma Italy 1 23 0 5th<br />
2003/04 Parma Italy 1 33 8 5th<br />
2004/05 Parma Italy 1 34 3 18th<br />
2005/06 Parma Italy 1 32 8 10th<br />
2006/07 Palermo Italy 1 34 6 5th<br />
2007/08 Palermo Italy 1 26 1 11th<br />
2008/09 Palermo Italy 1 26 4 8th<br />
2009/10 Palermo Italy 1 18 1 5th<br />
2010/11 Lazio Italy 1 20 3 5th<br />
2011/12 Al Nasr UAE 1 17 10 2nd<br />
2012/13 Al Gharafa Qatar 1 19 1 6th<br />
2013/14 Al Gharafa Qatar 1 11 0 8th<br />
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Tim Cahill (4)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 6-Dec-79, Sydney<br />
Height/Weight: 178cm/64kg<br />
Position: Forward<br />
Australian national team: 70 appearances (33 goals) [2004-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
69 A internationals (32 goals) / 1 non–A international (1 goal)<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2004 SOUTH AFRICA, TAHITI (2 gls), FIJI (3 gls), SOLOMON<br />
ISLANDS (1 gl), NORWAY (1 gl)<br />
2005 IRAQ, NEW ZEALAND, GERMANY, ARGENTINA, TUNISIA,<br />
SOLOMONS (1 gl), SOLOMONS, JAMAICA, URUGUAY<br />
2006 Kloetinge (1 gl), NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS (1 gl), LIECHTENSTEIN,<br />
JAPAN (2 gls), <strong>BRAZIL</strong>, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA, ITALY, PARAGUAY,<br />
BAHRAIN<br />
2007 DENMARK, OMAN (1 gl), IRAQ, THAILAND, JAPAN<br />
2008 Q<strong>AT</strong>AR (1 gl), Q<strong>AT</strong>AR (1 gl), BAHRAIN<br />
2009 JAPAN, Q<strong>AT</strong>AR, JAPAN (2 gls), IRELAND (2 gls),<br />
NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS, OMAN (1 gl), OMAN<br />
2010 NEW ZEALAND, DENMARK, USA (1 gl), GERMANY, SERBIA<br />
(1 gl), SWITZERLAND, POLAND, PARAGUAY, EGYPT<br />
2011 INDIA (2 gls), KOREA REPUBLIC, BAHRAIN, IRAQ, UZBEKISTAN, JAPAN, WALES (1 gl), THAILAND,<br />
SAUDI ARABIA<br />
2012 DENMARK, JAPAN, LEBANON (1 gl), JORDAN, IRAQ (1 gl)<br />
2013 OMAN (1 gl), JAPAN, JORDAN (1 gl), IRAQ, FRANCE, COSTA RICA (1 gl)<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR (2 gls), SOUTH AFRICA© (1 gl), CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
2004 Olympic Games (Athens)<br />
Junior clubs: Balmain Police Boys Club, Marrickville Red Devils, Plumpton/Oakhurst<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
1996 Belmore Hercules Australia (NSW) State<br />
1997 Sydney United Australia (NSW) State<br />
1997/98 Millwall England 3 1 0 18th<br />
1998/99 Millwall England 3 36 6 10th<br />
1999/00 Millwall England 3 45 12 5th<br />
2000/01 Millwall England 3 41 9 1st<br />
2001/02 Millwall England 2 43 13 4th<br />
2002/03 Millwall England 2 11 3 9th<br />
2003/04 Millwall England 2 40 9 10th<br />
2004/05 Everton England 1 33 11 4th<br />
2005/06 Everton England 1 32 6 11th<br />
2006/07 Everton England 1 18 5 6th<br />
2007/08 Everton England 1 18 7 5th<br />
2008/09 Everton England 1 30 8 5th<br />
2009/10 Everton England 1 33 8 8th<br />
2010/11 Everton England 1 27 9 7th<br />
2011/12 Everton England 1 35 2 7th<br />
2012 New York Red Bulls USA 1 14 1 3rd<br />
2013 New York Red Bulls USA 1 29 12 1st<br />
<strong>2014</strong>* New York Red Bulls USA 1 7 1 7th*<br />
* at 7 June (season incomplete)<br />
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Jason Davidson (3)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 29-Jun-91, Melbourne<br />
Height/Weight: 180cm/72kg<br />
Position: Defender<br />
Australian national team: 7 appearances [2012-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2012 SCOTLAND<br />
2013 FRANCE, CANADA, COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2009 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup train-on squad,<br />
2011 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers<br />
Junior clubs: Seiritsu Gakuen school (Japan)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2009 Hume City Australia (Vic) State<br />
2009/10 Pacos de Ferreira Portugal 1 5 0 10th<br />
2010/11 Sporting da Covilha (loan) Portugal 2 14 0 14th<br />
2011/12 Heracles Netherlands 1 6 0 12th<br />
2012/13 Heracles Netherlands 1 10 0 12th<br />
2013/14 Heracles Netherlands 1 30 2 14th<br />
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Ivan Franjic (2)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 10-Sep-87, Melbourne<br />
Height/Weight: 180cm/76kg<br />
Position: Defender<br />
Australian national team: 9 appearances [2012-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2012 HONG KONG, KOREA DPR, CHINESE TAIPEI<br />
2013 KOREA REPUBLIC, JAPAN, COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Junior clubs: Meadow Park Eagles,<br />
Melbourne Knights,<br />
St Albans (Melbourne)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2005 St Albans Australia (Vic) State<br />
2006 St Albans Australia (Vic) State<br />
2007 Melbourne Knights Australia (Vic) State<br />
2008 Melbourne Knights Australia (Vic) State<br />
2009 Oakleigh Australia (Vic) State<br />
2009/10 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 19 0 9th<br />
2010/11 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 23 2 1st<br />
2011/12 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 29 1 2nd<br />
2012/13 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 23 3 5th<br />
2013/14 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 20 5 1st<br />
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Eugene Galekovic (18)<br />
Born: 12-Jun-81, Melbourne<br />
Height/Weight: 186cm/91kg<br />
Position: Goalkeeper<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Australian national team: 8 appearances [2009-2013]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2009 INDONESIA, KUWAIT<br />
2010 KUWAIT, INDONESIA<br />
2012 HONG KONG, GUAM<br />
2013 KOREA REPUBLIC, JAPAN<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-23 2004 Olympic Games (Athens)<br />
Junior clubs: Chelsea Hajduk, Dingley, Bulleen (Melbourne)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
1999/00 Melbourne Knights Australia 1 0 0 12th<br />
2000/01 Morwell Falcons Australia 1 11 0 15th<br />
2002/03 South Melbourne Australia 1 15 0 7th<br />
2003/04 South Melbourne Australia 1 22 0 5th<br />
2004/05 Beira Mar Portugal 1 2 0 18th<br />
2005/06 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 11 0 7th<br />
2006/07 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 4 0 1st<br />
2007/08 Adelaide United Australia 1 11 0 6th<br />
2008/09 Adelaide United Australia 1 22 0 2nd<br />
2009/10 Adelaide United Australia 1 27 0 10th<br />
2010/11 Adelaide United Australia 1 29 0 3rd<br />
2011/12 Adelaide United Australia 1 25 0 9th<br />
2012/13 Adelaide United Australia 1 25 0 4th<br />
2013/14 Adelaide United Australia 1 28 0 6th<br />
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Ben Halloran (10)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 14-Jun-92, Brisbane<br />
Height/Weight: 180cm/73kg<br />
Position: Midfielder<br />
Australian national team: 2 appearances [<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
<strong>2014</strong> SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2011 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign<br />
Junior clubs: Edge Hill (Cairns),<br />
Brisbane Wolves<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2009 Qld Academy of Sport<br />
2009/10 Gold Coast United Australia Youth<br />
2010/11 Gold Coast United Australia 1 5 0 4th<br />
2011/12 Gold Coast United Australia 1 21 4 10th<br />
2012/13 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 28 4 5th<br />
2013/14 Fortuna Dusseldorf Germany 2 18 6 6th<br />
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James Holland (16)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 15-May-89, Sydney<br />
Height/Weight: 180cm/70kg<br />
Position: Midfielder<br />
Australian national team: 14 appearances [2008-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2008 SINGAPORE, GHANA, CHINA<br />
2009 IRELAND<br />
2010 SLOVENIA<br />
2012 LEBANON, IRAQ, KOREA REPUBLIC<br />
2013 ROMANIA, OMAN, FRANCE, CANADA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2009 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (Egypt)<br />
U-23 2008 Olympic Games campaign,<br />
2012 Olympic Games train-on squad<br />
Junior clubs: Budgewoi, Parramatta Eagles Academy<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2005/06 NSW Institute of Sport<br />
2007 Australian Institute of Sport<br />
2007/08 Newcastle Jets Australia 1 11 3 2nd<br />
2008/09 Newcastle Jets Australia 1 12 0 8th<br />
2009/10 Alkmaar Netherlands 1 0 0 5th<br />
2010/11 Sparta Rotterdam (loan) Netherlands 2 14 2 9th<br />
2011/12 Austria Wien Austria 1 11 0 4th<br />
2012/13 Austria Wien Austria 1 34 0 1st<br />
2013/14 Austria Wien Austria 1 33 0 4th<br />
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PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Mile Jedinak (15)<br />
Born: 3-Aug-84, Sydney<br />
Height/Weight: 188cm/78kg<br />
Position: Midfielder<br />
Australian national team: 44 appearances (4 goals) [2008-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2008 SINGAPORE, GHANA, CHINA<br />
2009 UZBEKISTAN, BAHRAIN, IRELAND, NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS,<br />
OMAN<br />
2010 KUWAIT, NEW ZEALAND, DENMARK, GERMANY,<br />
SLOVENIA, SWITZERLAND, POLAND, PARAGUAY,<br />
EGYPT<br />
2011 UNITED ARAB EMIR<strong>AT</strong>ES, INDIA, KOREA REPUBLIC<br />
(1 gl), BAHRAIN (1 gl), IRAQ, UZBEKISTAN, JAPAN,<br />
GERMANY, SERBIA, WALES, SAUDI ARABIA, MALAYSIA,<br />
OMAN (1 gl), OMAN, THAILAND<br />
2012 DENMARK, SCOTLAND, LEBANON, JORDAN, IRAQ<br />
2013 OMAN, <strong>BRAZIL</strong>, FRANCE, CANADA, COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR© (1 gl), CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA©<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2003 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (UAE)<br />
Junior club: Sydney United<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2000/01 Sydney United Australia 1 3 0 10th<br />
2001/02 Sydney United Australia 1 7 1 11th<br />
2002/03 Sydney United Australia 1 18 2 8th<br />
2003/04 Varteks Varazdin Croatia 1 5th<br />
2004/05 Sydney United Australia (NSW) State<br />
2005/06 Sydney United Australia (NSW) State<br />
2006 Sydney United Australia (NSW) State<br />
2006/07 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 8 0 6th<br />
2007/08 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 22 2 1st<br />
2008/09 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 15 6 4th<br />
Genclerbirligi Turkey 1 15 1 14th<br />
2009/10 Genclerbirligi Turkey 1 2 0 10th<br />
Antalyaspor Turkey 1 28 5 9th<br />
2010/11 Genclerbirligi Turkey 1 21 3 14th<br />
2011/12 Crystal Palace England 2 31 1 17th<br />
2012/13 Crystal Palace England 2 44 3 5th<br />
2013/14 Crystal Palace England 1 38 1 11th<br />
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Mitchell Langerak (12)<br />
Born: 22-Aug-88, Emerald<br />
Height/Weight: 191cm/77kg<br />
Position: Goalkeeper<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Australian national team: 3 appearances [2013-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2013 FRANCE, CANADA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2007 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers<br />
U-23 2008 Olympic Games train-on squad<br />
Junior clubs: Tieri Tigers, Across The Waves (Qld)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2003 Bundaberg Waves Australia (Qld) State<br />
2004 Bundaberg Waves Australia (Qld) State<br />
2005 Bundaberg Waves Australia (Qld) State<br />
2006 Bundaberg Waves Australia (Qld) State<br />
2007 South Melbourne Australia (Vic) State<br />
2007/08 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 1 0 5th<br />
2008/09 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 4 0 1st<br />
2009/10 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 16 0 2nd<br />
2010/11 Borussia Dortmund Germany 1 1 0 1st<br />
2011/12 Borussia Dortmund Germany 1 2 0 1st<br />
2012/13 Borussia Dortmund Germany 1 3 0 2nd<br />
2013/14 Borussia Dortmund Germany 1 4 0 2nd<br />
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Mathew Leckie (7)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 4-Feb-91, Melbourne<br />
Height/Weight: 180cm/78kg<br />
Position: Midfielder/Forward<br />
Australian national team: 8 appearances (1 goal) [2012-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2012 KOREA REPUBLIC<br />
2013 ROMANIA, FRANCE, CANADA (1 gl), COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2011 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign<br />
Junior club: Bulleen (Melbourne)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2007 Bulleen Australia (Vic) State<br />
2008 Bulleen Australia (Vic) State<br />
2009 Bulleen Australia (Vic) State<br />
2009/10 Adelaide United Australia 1 20 3 10th<br />
2010/11 Adelaide United Australia 1 15 5 3rd<br />
2011/12 Borussia Moenchengladbach Germany 1 9 0 4th<br />
2012/13 FSV Frankfurt Germany 2 28 4 4th<br />
2013/14 FSV Frankfurt Germany 2 31 10 13th<br />
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Massimo Luongo (21)<br />
Born: 25-Sep-92, Sydney<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Height/Weight: 176cm/70kg<br />
Position: Midfielder<br />
Australian national team: 1 appearance [<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2011 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign squad<br />
Junior club: Apia Leichhardt (Sydney)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2010/11 Tottenham Hotspur England 1 0 0<br />
2011/12 Tottenham Hotspur England 1 0 0 4th<br />
2012/13 Ipswich Town (loan) England 2 9 0 14th<br />
Swindon Town (loan) England 3 9 2 6th<br />
2013/14 Swindon Town England 3 44 6 8th<br />
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Ryan McGowan (19)<br />
Born: 15-Aug-89, Adelaide<br />
Height/Weight: 185cm/75kg<br />
Position: Defender<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Australian national team: 9 appearances [2012-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2012 SCOTLAND, KOREA REPUBLIC<br />
2013 ROMANIA, KOREA REPUBLIC, JAPAN, CHINA, <strong>BRAZIL</strong>,<br />
COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> SOUTH AFRICA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2007 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign,<br />
2009 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (Egypt)<br />
U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers<br />
Junior club: Para Hills (Adelaide)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2004 SA Sports Institute<br />
2005 SA Sports Institute<br />
2006 SA Sports Institute<br />
2006/07 Heart of Midlothian Scotland 1 0 0 4th<br />
2007/08 Heart of Midlothian Scotland 1 1 0 8th<br />
2008/09 Heart of Midlothian Scotland 1 0 0 3rd<br />
2009/10 Ayr United (loan) Scotland 2 28 1 10th<br />
2010/11 Heart of Midlothian Scotland 1 2 0 3rd<br />
Partick Thistle (loan) Scotland 2 8 0 5th<br />
Heart of Midlothian Scotland 1 6 0 3rd<br />
2011/12 Heart of Midlothian Scotland 1 28 2 6th<br />
2012/13 Heart of Midlothian Scotland 1 20 0 10th<br />
2013 Shandong Luneng China 1 29 1 2nd<br />
<strong>2014</strong>* Shandong Luneng China 1 4 0 4th*<br />
* at 7 June (season incomplete)<br />
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Matt McKay (17)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 11-Jan-83, Brisbane<br />
Height/Weight: 171cm/65kg<br />
Position: Midfielder<br />
Australian national team: 47 appearances (1 goal) [2006-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2006 KUWAIT<br />
2009 INDONESIA, KUWAIT<br />
2010 INDONESIA, PARAGUAY, EGYPT<br />
2011 UNITED ARAB EMIR<strong>AT</strong>ES, INDIA, KOREA REPUBLIC,<br />
BAHRAIN, IRAQ, UZBEKISTAN, JAPAN, GERMANY, NEW<br />
ZEALAND, SERBIA, WALES, THAILAND, SAUDI ARABIA,<br />
MALAYSIA, OMAN, OMAN, THAILAND<br />
2012 DENMARK, OMAN, JAPAN, LEBANON (1 gl), JORDAN,<br />
IRAQ, HONG KONG, KOREA DPR, GUAM©, CHINESE<br />
TAIPEI<br />
2013 ROMANIA, OMAN, JAPAN, JORDAN, IRAQ, KOREA<br />
REPUBLIC, JAPAN, CHINA©, <strong>BRAZIL</strong>, FRANCE,<br />
CANADA, COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2003 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (UAE)<br />
U-23 2004 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers<br />
Junior clubs: Sunnybank Saints, Mt Gravatt (Brisbane)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
1999/00 Qld Academy of Sport<br />
2001 Australian Institute of Sport<br />
2001/02 Brisbane Strikers Australia 1 15 0 4th<br />
2002/03 Brisbane Strikers Australia 1 21 1 10th<br />
2003/04 Brisbane Strikers Australia 1 15 1 6th<br />
2005/06 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 18 2 6th<br />
2006/07 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 20 3 5th<br />
2007/08 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 23 3 4th<br />
2008/09 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 24 5 3rd<br />
2009 Changchun Yatai (loan) China 1 15 0 2nd<br />
2009/10 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 19 2 9th<br />
2010/11 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 27 3 1st<br />
2011/12 Rangers Scotland 1 3 0 2nd<br />
2012 Busan IPark Korea Republic 1 27 1 6th<br />
2013 Changchun Yatai China 1 16 0 14th<br />
2013/14 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 24 1 1st<br />
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Mark Milligan (5)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 4-Aug-85, Sydney<br />
Height/Weight: 178cm/78kg<br />
Position: Midfielder<br />
Australian national team: 30 appearances (2 goals) [2006-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
29 A internationals (2 goals) / 1 non–A international<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2006 VV Kloetinge, LIECHTENSTEIN, KUWAIT, PARAGUAY<br />
2007 THAILAND, JAPAN<br />
2008 SOUTH AFRICA<br />
2009 BAHRAIN, KOREA REPUBLIC<br />
2010 INDONESIA (1 gl), NEW ZEALAND<br />
2011 NEW ZEALAND, SAUDI ARABIA<br />
2012 SAUDI ARABIA, DENMARK, JAPAN, HONG KONG,<br />
KOREA DPR, GUAM (1 gl)<br />
2013 ROMANIA, JAPAN, JORDAN, IRAQ, KOREA REPUBLIC©,<br />
JAPAN©, <strong>BRAZIL</strong>, COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2003 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers, 2005 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (Netherlands)<br />
U-23 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing)<br />
Junior clubs: Birrong, Parramatta Eagles (Sydney)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2002 Australian Institute of Sport<br />
2002/03 Northern Spirit Australia 1 2 0 6th<br />
2003/04 Northern Spirit Australia 1 14 1 7th<br />
2005/06 Sydney FC Australia 1 10 0 2nd<br />
2006/07 Sydney FC Australia 1 17 1 3rd<br />
2007/08 Sydney FC Australia 1 15 0 3rd<br />
2008/09 Newcastle Jets Australia 1 11 1 8th<br />
2009 Shanghai Shenhua China 1 21 0 6th<br />
2010 JEF United Japan 2 15 0 4th<br />
2011 JEF United Japan 2 29 1 6th<br />
2011/12 Melbourne Victory (loan) Australia 1 10 1 8th<br />
2012 JEF United Japan 2 9 2 5th<br />
2012/13 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 22 9 3rd<br />
2013/14 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 21 3 4th<br />
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Tommy Oar (11)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 10-Dec-91, Southport<br />
Height/Weight: 172cm/66kg<br />
Position: Midfielder<br />
Australian national team: 15 appearances (1 goal) [2010-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2010 INDONESIA, NEW ZEALAND, SWITZERLAND<br />
2011 UNITED ARAB EMIR<strong>AT</strong>ES<br />
2012 IRAQ, KOREA REPUBLIC<br />
2013 OMAN, JAPAN (1 gl), JORDAN, IRAQ, <strong>BRAZIL</strong>,<br />
COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2009 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (Egypt),<br />
2011 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (Colombia)<br />
Junior clubs: Carrara, Palm Beach (Queensland)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2007 Palm Beach Australia (Qld) State<br />
2008 Qld Academy of Sport<br />
2008/09 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 5 1 3rd<br />
2009/10 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 18 1 9th<br />
2010/11 Utrecht Netherlands 1 7 0 9th<br />
2011/12 Utrecht Netherlands 1 18 2 11th<br />
2012/13 Utrecht Netherlands 1 27 1 5th<br />
2013/14 Utrecht Netherlands 1 31 1 10th<br />
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Mat Ryan (1)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 8-Apr-92, Sydney<br />
Height/Weight: 181cm/73kg<br />
Position: Goalkeeper<br />
Australian national team: 7 appearances [2012-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2012 KOREA DPR, CHINESE TAIPEI<br />
2013 CANADA, COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2011 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup train-on squad<br />
U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers<br />
Junior club: Plumpton/Oakhurst, Blacktown City (Sydney)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2009 Blacktown City Australia (NSW) State<br />
2009/10 Central Coast Mariners Australia Youth<br />
2010/11 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 31 0 2nd<br />
2011/12 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 24 0 1st<br />
2012/13 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 25 0 2nd<br />
2013/14 Club Brugge Belgium 1 40 0 3rd<br />
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Matthew Spiranovic (6)<br />
Born: 27-Jun-88, Geelong<br />
Height/Weight: 193cm/88kg<br />
Position: Defender/Midfielder<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Australian national team: 18 appearances [2008-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2009 GHANA, CHINA<br />
2009 IRELAND, KOREA REPUBLIC<br />
2010 SWITZERLAND<br />
2011 NEW ZEALAND, WALES, THAILAND, MALAYSIA,<br />
OMAN, OMAN, THAILAND<br />
2012 SAUDI ARABIA, DENMARK, JORDAN, IRAQ<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-17 - 2005 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-17 World Cup (Peru)<br />
U-20 - 2007 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers<br />
U-23 - 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing)<br />
Junior clubs: North Geelong, Keilor Park, Melbourne Knights<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2004 North Geelong Australia (Vic) State<br />
2004/05 Vic Institute of Sport<br />
2005 Melbourne Victory Australia<br />
2006 Australian Institute of Sport<br />
2006/07 Nurnberg Germany 1 8 0 6th<br />
2007/08 Nurnberg Germany 1 7 0 16th<br />
2008/09 Nurnberg Germany 2 8 0 3rd<br />
2009/10 Nurnberg Germany 1 1 0 16th<br />
2010 Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 1 13 1 10th<br />
2011 Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 1 25 0 15th<br />
2012 Urawa Red Diamonds Japan 1 0 0 3rd<br />
2012/13 Al Arabi Qatar 1 12 1 11th<br />
2013/14 Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 1 18 1 2nd<br />
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Adam Taggart (9)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 2-Jun-93, Perth<br />
Height/Weight: 183cm/69kg<br />
Position: Forward<br />
Australian national team: 5 appearances (3 goals) [2012-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2012 HONG KONG, KOREA DPR, CHINESE TAIPEI (2 gls)<br />
2013 CHINA (1 gl)<br />
<strong>2014</strong> CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-20 2013 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (Turkey)<br />
U-23 2012 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers,<br />
2016 Olympic Games campaign<br />
Junior club: ECU Joondalup (Perth)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2008 ECU Joondalup Australia (WA) State<br />
2009/10 Perth Glory Australia Youth<br />
2010/11 Australian Institute of Sport<br />
2010/11 Perth Glory Australia 1 6 1 10th<br />
2011/12 Perth Glory Australia 1 4 0 3rd<br />
2012/13 Newcastle Jets Australia 1 19 2 8th<br />
2013/14 Newcastle Jets Australia 1 25 16 7th<br />
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James Troisi (14)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 3-Jul-88, Adelaide<br />
Height/Weight: 180cm/81kg<br />
Position: Forward<br />
Australian national team: 11 appearances (1 goal) [2008-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2008 SINGAPORE, GHANA, CHINA<br />
2011 NEW ZEALAND (1 gl), SERBIA, WALES, THAILAND,<br />
MALAYSIA<br />
2012 SAUDI ARABIA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-23 2008 Olympic Games (Beijing)<br />
Junior clubs: Birkalla, Adelaide City<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2006/07 Newcastle United England 1 0 0 13th<br />
2007/08 Newcastle United England 1 0 0 12th<br />
2008/09 Genclerbirligi Turkey 1 29 6 14th<br />
2009/10 Kayserispor Turkey 1 24 0 8th<br />
2010/11 Kayserispor Turkey 1 14 0 6th<br />
2011/12 Kayserispor Turkey 1 27 10 11th<br />
2012/13 Atalanta Italy 1 6 0 15th<br />
2013/14 Melbourne Victory Australia 1 29 12 4th<br />
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Dario Vidosic (20)<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 8-Apr-87, Osijek, Croatia<br />
Height/Weight: 185cm/75kg<br />
Position: Midfielder/ Forward<br />
Australian national team: 23 appearances (2 goals) [2009-<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
2009 JAPAN, NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS, OMAN<br />
2010 KUWAIT, NEW ZEALAND (1 gl), DENMARK, UNITED<br />
ST<strong>AT</strong>ES, SLOVENIA, SWITZERLAND, POLAND,<br />
PARAGUAY, EGYPT<br />
2011 NEW ZEALAND, SERBIA<br />
2013 JAPAN, JORDAN, KOREA REPUBLIC, JAPAN, CANADA<br />
(1 gl), COSTA RICA<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
Schoolboy International 2004<br />
U-20 2007 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup campaign qualifiers<br />
U-23 2008 Olympic Games campaign qualifiers<br />
Junior clubs: Rocklea, Rochedale, Queensland Lions<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2004 Queensland Lions Australia (Qld) State<br />
2005 Pine Rivers Australia (Qld) State<br />
2006 Australian Institute of Sport<br />
2006/07 Brisbane Roar Australia 1 17 5 5th<br />
2007/08 Nurnberg Germany 1 4 0 16th<br />
2008/09 Nurnberg Germany 2 11 3 3rd<br />
2009/10 Nurnberg Germany 1 11 1 6th<br />
MSV Duisberg (loan) Germany 2 12 1 6th<br />
2010/11 Nurnberg Germany 1 5 0 6th<br />
Arminia Bielefeld (loan) Germany 2 15 1 18th<br />
2011/12 Adelaide United Australia 1 25 5 9th<br />
2012/13 Adelaide United Australia 1 26 10 4th<br />
2013/14 Sion Switzerland 1 29 6 8th<br />
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Alex Wilkinson (22)<br />
Born: 13-Aug-84, Sydney<br />
Height/Weight: 187cm/85kg<br />
Position: Defender<br />
Australian national team: 3 appearances [<strong>2014</strong>]<br />
All games and goals [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
<strong>2014</strong> ECUADOR, SOUTH AFRICA, CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Other Australian representative honours:<br />
U-17 2001 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-17 World Cup (Trinidad & Tobago)<br />
U-20 2003 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (UAE)<br />
Junior clubs: North Ryde, Gladesville-Hornsby (Sydney)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
1999/00 Northern Spirit Australia Youth<br />
2000/01 Northern Spirit Australia Youth<br />
2001/02 Northern Spirit Australia Youth<br />
2002/03 Northern Spirit Australia 1 30 0 6th<br />
2003/04 Northern Spirit Australia 1 15 0 7th<br />
2004/05 Manly United Australia (NSW) State<br />
2005/06 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 25 0 3rd<br />
2006/07 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 21 0 6th<br />
2007/08 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 15 0 1st<br />
2008/09 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 23 0 4th<br />
2009/10 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 27 1 8th<br />
2010/11 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 34 1 2nd<br />
2011 Jiangsu Shuntian (loan) China 1 10 0 4th<br />
2011/12 Central Coast Mariners Australia 1 27 0 1st<br />
2012 Jeonbuk Motors South Korea 1 15 0 2nd<br />
2013 Jeonbuk Motors South Korea 1 25 2 3rd<br />
<strong>2014</strong>* Jeonbuk Motors South Korea 1 11 0 2nd*<br />
* at 7 June (season incomplete)<br />
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Bailey Wright<br />
PLAYER PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Born: 28-Jul-92, Melbourne<br />
Height/Weight: 185cm/74kg<br />
Position: Defender<br />
Australian senior national team: – [at 7-Jun-14]:<br />
Australian representative honours:<br />
U-17 2009 U-17 World Cup campaign<br />
Junior club: Langwarrin (Melbourne)<br />
Senior club career:<br />
Season Club Country Level Apps Goals Position<br />
2005 Mornington Australia (Vic) State<br />
2006 Dandenong Australia (Vic) State<br />
2007 Victorian Institute of Sport<br />
2008 Victorian Institute of Sport<br />
2010/11 Preston North End England 2 2 0 22nd<br />
2011/12 Preston North End England 3 13 1 15th<br />
2012/13 Preston North End England 3 38 2 14th<br />
2013/14 Preston North End England 3 44 4 5th<br />
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COACH PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Ange Postecoglou – head coach<br />
Born 27-Aug-65, Athens, Greece<br />
Playing career – club<br />
1984–1993 South Melbourne, 192 appearances (19 goals)<br />
won National Soccer League Championship 1984 (1st season)<br />
won National Soccer League Championship 90/91 (as captain)<br />
Playing career –national teams<br />
U-20: 1985 <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup (USSR), 3 appearances<br />
Senior: 4 appearances [1986–1988]<br />
v Czechoslovakia x2 (1986), v New Zealand x2 (1988)<br />
Coaching career – clubs<br />
1996–2000 South Melbourne (127 national league matches)<br />
2008 Panachaiki, Greece<br />
2009–2012 Brisbane Roar (79 national league matches)<br />
2012–2013 Melbourne Victory (32 national league matches)<br />
National league W-D-L record (238 matches): W124–D57–L57<br />
Coaching career – national teams<br />
2000–2007 Australian national U-20 men’s team<br />
2013– Australian national senior men’s team<br />
Coaching honours :<br />
With South Melbourne<br />
National Soccer League Championship, Coach of the Year 1997/98<br />
National Soccer League Championship 1998/99<br />
Oceania Club Championship (winners) 1999<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> Club World Championships (participated) 2000<br />
With Brisbane Roar<br />
A-League Championship, Coach of the Year 2010/11<br />
A-League Championship 2011/12<br />
With Australian Under-20 national team:<br />
Reached Under-20 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup 2001 (in Argentina) – reached round of 16<br />
Reached Under-20 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup 2003 (United Arab Emirates) – reached round of 16<br />
Reached Under-20 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup 2005 (Netherlands) – group stage<br />
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COACH PR<strong>OF</strong>ILES<br />
Aurelio Vidmar – assistant coach<br />
Born 3 February 1967 in Adelaide<br />
Played for national league teams Adelaide City and Adelaide United (Australia),<br />
Kortrijk, Waregem and Standard Liege (Belgium), Feyenoord (Holland), Sion<br />
(Switzerland), Tenerife (Spain) and Sanfrecce Hiroshima (Japan), from 1984 to 2004<br />
Made 53 appearances (18 goals) for the Australian national team from 1988 to 2001<br />
Belgium league top scorer 1994/95, Oceania Player of the Year 1995<br />
Led Adelaide United to the AFC Champions League final as coach 2008<br />
Australian Coach of the Year 2009<br />
Coaching career:<br />
Adelaide United assistant coach 2003–2007<br />
Adelaide United head coach 2007–2010<br />
Australian senior national team assistant 2010-<br />
Australian Under-23 national team 2010--<br />
Ante Milicic – assistant coach<br />
Born 4 April 1974 in Sydney<br />
Played for national league teams Sydney United (Australia), NAC Breda (Netherlands),<br />
Rijeka (Croatia), Sydney Olympic (Australia), Parramatta Power (Australia), Pahang<br />
(Malaysia), Newcastle Jets (Australia) and Brisbane Roar (Australia) from 1993 to 2007<br />
Australian national league winner and player of the match with Sydney Olympic 2002<br />
Australian Schoolboy, Under-20 and Under-23 international<br />
Made 6 appearances (5 goals) for the Australian national team from 2002 to 2005<br />
Coaching career:<br />
2009 Sydney United (NSW)<br />
2009, 2011 Australian national under-20 team assistant<br />
2010-2012 Melbourne Heart (Australia) assistant<br />
2012-<strong>2014</strong> Western Sydney Wanderers (Australia) assistant<br />
<strong>2014</strong>- Australian national team assistant<br />
Tony Franken – goalkeeper coach<br />
Born on 1 January 1965 in Perth<br />
Australian Institute of Sport graduate<br />
Played for Australian national league teams Canberra City, Sydney Croatia, APIA<br />
Leichhardt, Parramatta Eagles, Sydney Olympic and Perth Glory from 1984 to 2000<br />
Made 14 appearances for the Australian national team from 1984 to 1992<br />
Australian Under-20 (1982) and Under-23 (1984) international<br />
Australian under 21 player of the year in 1984<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N STAFF<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong>– <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N STAFF LIST<br />
Luke Casserly<br />
Ange Postecoglou<br />
Aurelio Vidmar<br />
Ante Milicic<br />
Tony Franken<br />
Han Berger<br />
Alan Mccall<br />
Peter Cklamovski<br />
Craig Moore<br />
Joel Freeme<br />
Dr Mark Jones<br />
Les Gelis<br />
Kurt Lisle<br />
Cam Dunkerley<br />
Luke Attwell<br />
Dom Rabsch<br />
Vito Basile<br />
Mal Impiombato<br />
David Mason<br />
Matt Phelan<br />
Ben Coonan<br />
Mark Saliba<br />
Kersten Rott<br />
Vinicius Capovilla<br />
Head of Delegation<br />
Head Coach<br />
Coach<br />
Coach<br />
Goalkeeper Coach<br />
Technical Director<br />
Football Conditioner<br />
Technical Analyst<br />
Advisor / Ambassador<br />
Team Manager<br />
Doctor<br />
Senior Physiotherapist<br />
Physiotherapist<br />
Physiotherapist<br />
Masseur<br />
Equipment Manager<br />
Administration<br />
Equipment Assistant<br />
Head of Socceroos Media Management<br />
Media and Social Media Manager<br />
TV / Digital<br />
Security Manager<br />
Security<br />
Chef<br />
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FOOTBALL IN <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong><br />
Football in Australia has its roots in the early colonial days, with the first known match played between Wanderers<br />
and King's School at the Parramatta Common in Sydney. The match, played 14 August 1880 in front of almost 1000<br />
spectators, ended in a 5-0 win to the Wanderers.<br />
The first international match took place 42 years later, against trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand. Australia lost 1-3 in<br />
Dunedin in June 1922.<br />
Since then, and especially over the past 40 years, the sport of football has grown extensively in the country,<br />
cumulating with participation levels – especially for juniors – at an all-time high for any football code.<br />
Out of a total population of 23 million people, latest survey data shows that Australia has more than one million<br />
football participants, including well over 600,000 players officially registered with affiliated federations,<br />
incorporating junior, amateur, school, futsal, church and contract players.<br />
At the elite end of the scale, Australia regularly competes for a berth in the men’s and women’s World Cups, and the<br />
Olympic Games. Additionally, the various age-restricted continental championships throughout the diverse Asian<br />
Football Confederation provide elite players from all ages significant opportunities to gain international experience<br />
and exposure.<br />
The code has one of the most respected talent identification systems and youth development programs of any sport<br />
in Australia, culminating with the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. The National Youth League and National<br />
Youth Championships are more examples of the pathways that continue to lead to the production of champion<br />
men's and women's players.<br />
Since the early 1900s, the country’s elite football clubs competed in the various state leagues. In 1977, football was<br />
the first code in Australia to adopt a national league. In 2005 a vibrant and brand new national competition – the<br />
Hyundai A-League – was launched, attracting historically large crowds and a significant national TV audience.<br />
The domestic competition and development programs have combined to establish Australia as a major exporter on<br />
the world soccer stage, with many Australians featuring in top leagues throughout the world. The ongoing return of<br />
current and former national team players to take up renewed playing careers in the A-League demonstrates the full<br />
cycle of the investment in Australian talent.<br />
Football Federation Australia (FFA) is the governing body for football in Australia and is a member of Fédération<br />
Internationale de Football Association (<strong>FIFA</strong>), the international governing body for football. <strong>FIFA</strong> is made up of more<br />
than 200 other national associations, each of which are within one of six continental confederations. FFA has been a<br />
member of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since joining the body on January 1 2006.<br />
Australia's long-sought entry into the AFC brought enormous benefits to the game, adding a new dimension that<br />
seemed a dream just ten years ago.<br />
The FFA has an overall responsibility to administer, develop and promote football in Australia through its state and<br />
territory membership. Each of these governing bodies has a commitment to comply with the FFA constitution,<br />
applicable statutes, by-laws and regulations, and are responsible for the game within their region.<br />
Football Federation Australia is specifically responsible for the:<br />
– senior national men’s team (Socceroos)<br />
– under 23 national men’s team (Under 23s)<br />
– under 20 national men’s youth team (Young Socceroos)<br />
– under 17 national men’s youth team (Joeys)<br />
– senior national women's team (Westfield Matildas)<br />
– under 20 national women's team (Westfield Young Matildas)<br />
– under 17 national women's team (Westfield Women's Under 17s)<br />
– national men’s indoor (futsal) team (Futsalroos)<br />
– national paralympic football team (Pararoos)<br />
FFA's long-term vision is to establish Australia as a truly world-class football nation. In order to achieve this vision,<br />
FFA's business operations are structured across three core strategic pillars:<br />
– National Teams & Elite Player Development,<br />
– A-League & Competitions, and<br />
– Football Community.<br />
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A TIMELINE <strong>OF</strong> FOOTBALL IN <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong><br />
FOOTBALL IN <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong><br />
1880 First recorded match under the Laws of the Game in Australia – Wanderers 5 v King’s School 0, Sydney.<br />
1883 First interstate match – New South Wales 2 v Victoria 2, Melbourne.<br />
Australia gains affiliation with the Football Association, England.<br />
1885 First competition series, the ‘badge’ competition, and knock–out cup won by Granville, Sydney.<br />
1895 First ‘Aussie Abroad’ – James Jackson, from Newcastle, who joined Glasgow Rangers (Scotland).<br />
1904 First Australian team tours overseas – New South Wales ‘combination’ tours New Zealand.<br />
1905 First overseas touring team, New Zealand, visits Australia (New South Wales).<br />
1911 Australian Commonwealth Football Association formed.<br />
1922 Australian team plays its first international match – L0-1 v New Zealand, in Dunedin, New Zealand.<br />
1925 First recorded publicity of women’s football in Australia, ‘Reds’ v ‘Blues’, Brisbane.<br />
1932 First organised interstate carnival, Sydney – final: New South Wales 6 v South Australia 1.<br />
1954 Joe Marston (Preston North End) becomes the first Australian to play in an English FA Cup final.<br />
1956 Australia (Melbourne) hosts Olympic Games – Australia plays Japan (W2–0) and India (L2–4).<br />
1961 Australia suspended from all international football by <strong>FIFA</strong>.<br />
1963 Formation of the Australian Soccer Federation; Australia regains full affiliation with <strong>FIFA</strong>.<br />
1965 Australia plays its first <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup qualifying match, losing 1–6 to North Korea.<br />
1968 Australian Amateur Association formed.<br />
1972 Futsal introduced in Australia.<br />
1974 Australia takes part in the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup – meets East Germany (L0–2), West Germany (L0–3) & Chile (D0–0).<br />
Australian Women’s Soccer Association formed.<br />
1977 National Soccer League (NSL) formed – Sydney City inaugural NSL Champions.<br />
1978 Australian women’s team plays its first international match, W1–0 v Austria Select, in Taipei Cty, Taiwan.<br />
1981 Australia hosts <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup.<br />
1989 Australia participates in the first <strong>FIFA</strong> Futsal World Championship.<br />
1991 Australia reaches semi-final of the <strong>FIFA</strong> U-20 World Cup final – Australia’s first world cup semi-final appearance.<br />
1995 Australia takes part in the <strong>FIFA</strong> Women’s World Cup for the first time.<br />
1996 Women’s National Soccer League formed – Queensland Academy of Sport inaugural Champions.<br />
1997 Australia participates in its first <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup – reaches the final against Brazil.<br />
1998 Australia Paralympic team founded.<br />
1999 Australia reaches final of the <strong>FIFA</strong> U-17 World Cup final – Australia’s first world cup final appearance.<br />
2000 Australia (Sydney) hosts Olympic Games for the second time – men’s and women’s team participate.<br />
2004 NSL closes down with the Grand Final of the 2003/04 season, Perth Glory 1 v Parramatta Power 0.<br />
2005 Football Federation Australia established.<br />
A new national competition, the Hyundai A-League, commences.<br />
Australia defeats Uruguay on penalties to qualify for the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup for the first time in 32 years.<br />
2006 Australia formally moves into the Asian Football Confederation (AFC).<br />
Largest crowd for an Australian home senior international – 95,103 at Australia v Greece, Melbourne.<br />
Australia reaches the Round of 16 at the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup in Germany, losing 0–1 to Italy.<br />
2007 Largest crowd for an Australian club match – 55,436 at the Hyundai A-League Grand Final.<br />
Australian clubs (Adelaide United and Sydney FC) take part in the AFC Champions League for the first time.<br />
Australia takes part in the AFC Asian Cup for the first time.<br />
2010 Australia wins the AFC Women's Asian Cup, defeating Korea DPR on penalties in the final.<br />
2011 Australia reaches AFC Asian Cup final, losing 0–1 to Japan in extra time.<br />
2015 Australia to host the AFC Asian Cup (January).<br />
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The early years – pre-Federation<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
Australia's first official international matches were<br />
played as part of a tour to New Zealand in 1922. While<br />
the two losses and a draw in the three-match series<br />
against the New Zealand national side did not make for<br />
a good start, it was nevertheless a historic phase in<br />
Australia's football history.<br />
Australia’s first international win came a year later,<br />
when New Zealand made a return trip to Australia.<br />
Over the next four decades, Australia's opponents were<br />
mostly from the Commonwealth. In addition to many<br />
home and away matches against the Kiwis, teams from<br />
Canada, India, England and South Africa occasionally<br />
toured Down Under, while the Australians ventured<br />
abroad to places such as the Dutch East Indies (now<br />
Indonesia), Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and South Africa.<br />
With limited budgets and scant resources for football<br />
in Australia at the time, there was little opportunity for<br />
professionalism, with virtually all players having to<br />
balance their footballing careers with full-time work<br />
and family life. And in an era where passenger air<br />
travel was in its infancy and transport by sea and<br />
railway was the norm, national team tours were very<br />
long - sometimes lasting for months.<br />
In those days, a commitment to the Australian national<br />
team was a major devotion to the cause. It was an<br />
involvement at a completely different level to today,<br />
and set a lasting foundation that seems yet to be fully<br />
appreciated by the bulk of today's football community.<br />
Highlights of the first 40 years of the Australian national<br />
team include huge victories over arch-rivals New<br />
Zealand in 1936, a successful tour of southern Africa in<br />
1950, and the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games - where<br />
the Aussies won their opening match against Japan.<br />
The aftermath of the Second World War saw wave<br />
after wave of migrants come to Australia with many<br />
bringing their passion for football to these shores.<br />
Scores of 'ethnic-based' teams made their way onto<br />
the scene, together with regular visits from high-profile<br />
European sides. The effects of this influx of 'new<br />
Australians' is evident in successive generations, with<br />
the bulk of Australia’s top players in the decade before<br />
and after the turn of the 21st century having family<br />
roots from the post World War II European migrants.<br />
The late 1950s saw some controversial administrative<br />
changes to football in this country, and for a variety of<br />
reasons Australia ceased to be officially recognised by<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong>, the game's worldwide governing body, in 1959. As<br />
a result, Australia was banned from playing international<br />
football. In 1963 the dispute with <strong>FIFA</strong> was resolved, and<br />
Australia became a fully fledged member of the world’s<br />
governing body – a Federation in its own right.<br />
Post-Federation – and a world title to aim for<br />
Australia's first full international matches played after<br />
Federation were also its first attempt at qualifying for a<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup. Following a number of withdrawals<br />
from Asian countries it turned out that Australia,<br />
Oceania's only entrant, merely had to play-off against<br />
North (DPR) Korea for the right to be at the 1966 <strong>FIFA</strong><br />
World Cup. An under-prepared Australian side was<br />
convincingly beaten by North Korea over the two legs –<br />
a North Korean side which went on to reach the<br />
quarter finals at England '66.<br />
The qualifying process for the 1970 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup was<br />
a truly marathon campaign. Australia finished first in an<br />
initial tournament in South Korea (Korea Republic),<br />
which was followed by a three match series against<br />
Rhodesia, played in the space of six days in 'neutral'<br />
Mozambique. Following the eventual victory over the<br />
Africans was a home and away final qualification tie<br />
against Israel. Inspired by captain Johnny Warren, the<br />
end result was the closest of losses over the two legs.<br />
Australia’s next World Cup campaign however proved<br />
much more successful and after another rigorous first<br />
phase of qualifying, the Peter Wilson-led Aussies met<br />
South Korea for a place in the 1974 finals. After both the<br />
home and away legs ended in draws, a deciding game<br />
took place in Hong Kong where Jimmy Mackay’s long<br />
range strike became part of Australian sporting folklore.<br />
Australia won the play-off 1-0, ensuring the county’s first<br />
participation in a <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup finals tournament.<br />
The World Cup was a totally different experience for<br />
Australia’s part-timers, up against fullly professional<br />
players from nations where the sport was like a religion.<br />
Coached by Rale Rasic, Australia’s first two 1974 World<br />
Cup matches were against East Germany (a 2-0 loss) and<br />
hosts and eventual winners West Germany (a 3-0 loss).<br />
1974 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong><br />
West Germany<br />
GDR<br />
L0-2<br />
FRG<br />
L0-3<br />
CHI<br />
D0-0<br />
Attila Abonyi ◦ •<br />
Adrian Alston • • •<br />
Branko Buljevic • • •<br />
Ernie Campbell<br />
•<br />
Colin Curran • • •<br />
Jim Mackay • • •<br />
Peter Ollerton ◦ ◦<br />
Jack Reilly • • •<br />
Ray Richards • • •<br />
Jimmy Rooney • • •<br />
Manfred Schaefer • • •<br />
Doug Utjesenovic • • •<br />
Johnny Warren •<br />
Harry Williams<br />
◦<br />
Peter Wilson (c) • • •<br />
• started ◦ substitute<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
Despite the defeats, the Socceroos earned the respect<br />
of the football world – East Germany were the only<br />
team to defeat Champions West Germany at the cup.<br />
Australia gained its first World Cup point with a tight 0-<br />
0 draw in its final 1974 match, against Chile.<br />
32 years of <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup wilderness<br />
However, after reaching the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup for the first<br />
time, qualification proved to be one nightmare after<br />
another over the following three decades, with internal<br />
challenges affecting preparation, arduous qualifying<br />
paths and pure bad luck resulting in failure after failure.<br />
At the national level, Australia went through some<br />
unsettled years after the glory of 1974. While the<br />
Socceroos (barely) took out the Oceania sub-group of the<br />
1978 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup qualifying phase, fourth place in the<br />
subsequent Asian phase – where only first-placed Iran<br />
would qualify – made West Germany seem so long ago.<br />
In 1982, a home loss to New Zealand early in the<br />
Asia/Oceania group campaign effectively ended<br />
Australia's chances. Zone winners New Zealand<br />
eventually qualified for their first <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup.<br />
The first phase of the attempt to reach the 1986 <strong>FIFA</strong><br />
World Cup saw Australia take out the Oceania group,<br />
which included Israel. It was then a play-off against<br />
UEFA Group Seven runners-up Scotland. After the first<br />
leg in Glasgow ended 2-0 to the Scots, a fighting and<br />
attacking display by the Socceroos in the return fixture<br />
somehow ended 0-0. Australia had failed again.<br />
With Frank Arok at the helm, the Australian football<br />
team matured throughout the mid to late 1980s, a<br />
period which included draws against European<br />
powerhouses England and Czechoslovakia, and a<br />
stunning 4-1 win over reigning world champions<br />
Argentina in 1988. This year also saw the national team<br />
qualify for the Olympic Games (the last Olympics with<br />
no age restrictions for male football teams) where a 1-<br />
0 win over Yugoslavia made the world take notice.<br />
The 1990 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup campaign therefore started<br />
with renewed optimism. However it was perhaps an<br />
over-confident Australian team which lost the away leg<br />
against New Zealand, which ultimately led to second<br />
place in the Oceania/Israel group. Group winners Israel<br />
progressed to the next stage.<br />
By now a host of Australian players were plying their<br />
trade overseas, some rather successfully, and many<br />
believed this would eventually take Australian football to<br />
another level. The 1994 World Cup campaign saw<br />
Australia face two long-distance play-offs to get through,<br />
after winning all their Oceania qualifiers. The Socceroos<br />
successfully negotiated Canada – albeit only after<br />
penalties – which led to a final qualifying confrontation<br />
against Argentina. With the comeback of Diego<br />
Maradona it seemed the whole world was watching as<br />
Australia drew the first (home) leg, but ultimately lost<br />
the play-off by one goal, an unlucky own goal in Buenos<br />
Aires highlighting the Socceroo curse.<br />
Another clearly dominant performance by Australia in<br />
the Oceania stages meant 'only' having to defeat the<br />
fourth-placed Asian team to qualify for the 1998 <strong>FIFA</strong><br />
World Cup. Inspired by a goal from 19 year old Harry<br />
Kewell, a Australia drew the first leg against Iran 1-1<br />
away. And at 2-0 up with 20 minutes to go in the<br />
second leg, the Socceroos were surely on their way to<br />
the World Cup. But then, in what must be the most<br />
demoralising 20 minutes in Australian sporting history,<br />
Iran showed up the Aussie curse to draw and take out<br />
the tie on away goals. Despite not losing a match in the<br />
1998 campaign, Australia missed out yet again.<br />
Despite the agony of seeing their dreams cruelly taken<br />
away, somehow the Socceroos bounced back with a<br />
stellar performance at the 1997 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations<br />
Cup, played immediately following the Iran games.<br />
With wins over Mexico and Uruguay, Australia reached<br />
the final where, following Mark Viduka’s early send-off,<br />
defeat beckoned against a rampaging Brazilian side.<br />
After failing to qualify for the 1999 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations<br />
Cup Australia returned to the Confederations Cup in<br />
2001. Here the green and gold again proved it could<br />
match it with the world’s best, defeating reigning<br />
world champions France and perennial favourites<br />
Brazil on their way to finishing third in the prestigious<br />
intercontinental tournament.<br />
These impressive results gave Australia confidence for<br />
the final leg of the 2002 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup qualifying<br />
campaign. Earlier in the process, the Socceroos had<br />
broken the world record for the biggest victory in a<br />
World Cup match with a 31-0 win over American<br />
Samoa. After then easily accounting for New Zealand,<br />
Australia was left with a difficult play-off against<br />
Uruguay. The curse of the Socceroos appeared to have<br />
lifted with victory in the first (home) leg; but the<br />
second leg was a different story, where the Socceroos<br />
were eventually overwhelmed by the Uruguayans.<br />
Australia’s next assignment was qualification for the 2003<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup. The anticipated stroll through<br />
the Oceania qualifying tournament was supposed to be<br />
some respite from the gloom of the Uruguay loss. But it<br />
wasn't to be - with Australia losing to New Zealand in the<br />
Oceania Nations Cup final. In hindsight, the loss was an<br />
apt result for football in Australia in 2002, as it echoed the<br />
financial woes and administrative difficulties faced by the<br />
national body at the time. Combined with the stark reality<br />
of seven consecutive unsuccessful World Cup campaigns<br />
and a slowly decaying domestic league, Australian football<br />
was in the doldrums.<br />
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A new era<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
Out of the blue, a comprehensive 3-1 away win over<br />
'mother England' in early 2003 marked an on-field<br />
turning point for the Australian national team.<br />
Success in the 2004 <strong>OF</strong>C Oceania Nations Cup ensured<br />
qualification for the 2005 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup and<br />
a final Oceania <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup play-off against the<br />
Solomon Islands. Promising performances by the<br />
Socceroos at the 2005 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup against<br />
the likes of Germany and Argentina gave hope, with a<br />
looming <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup qualifying showdown against<br />
the fifth-placed South American side.<br />
After easily accounting for the Solomons in the final<br />
Oceania play-off, Australia was confronted by its<br />
nemesis from 2001, Uruguay, in its final 2006 <strong>FIFA</strong> World<br />
Cup qualifying play-off match. Under coach Guus<br />
Hiddink, a gritty first-leg away performance by the<br />
Socceroos ended with just a one-goal margin to the<br />
Uruguayans. The final 15 minutes of the Montevideo leg<br />
seemed to sway the tie in Australia's favour, with the<br />
resolute Australian defence repelling wave after wave of<br />
unrelenting Uruguayan attack. At one-nil down after the<br />
first leg, Australia's attacking prowess came to the fore<br />
in Sydney, although the scoreboard would ultimately<br />
record just one goal – a somewhat flukey one by Marco<br />
Bresciano – for the Aussies, with no reply eventually<br />
sending the tie to penalties. The final hero was Mark<br />
Schwarzer, with two telling saves ensuring an<br />
unforgettable victory and qualification for Germany<br />
2006. The images of John Aloisi slamming home the final<br />
shoot-out goal – and the celebrations – will live in the<br />
hearts of Australian football fans for a long time.<br />
Germany 2006<br />
After 95,000 fans packed into the MCG to farewell the<br />
Socceroos in a 1-0 win over European Champions<br />
Greece, the 2006 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup odyssey began.<br />
Australia was given no favours in the finals tournament<br />
draw, with formidable group opponents Japan, Brazil<br />
and Croatia in the way of a second round berth.<br />
At 1-0 down with just eight minutes to go against Japan<br />
in its first 2006 World Cup match, Australia’s progress<br />
already looked unlikely. But when Tim Cahill drilled in a<br />
loose ball to score Australia’s first ever World Cup<br />
finals goal, followed shortly after by his second, the<br />
agony transformed into ecstasy – which turned into<br />
complete exhilaration when John Aloisi netted the<br />
sealing goal in the dying seconds to make it 3-1.<br />
Brazil proved to be a much tougher opponent than<br />
Japan, however the Australians matched it with the<br />
pre-tournament favourites and the half-time scoreline<br />
of 0-0 was much deserved after Australia’s best half of<br />
the tournament. A well-worked Brazil goal just after<br />
the break proved to be the key moment of the match,<br />
and despite continued pressure from the Australians, a<br />
brief loss in concentration by the Socceroo defence in<br />
the dying moments enabled the Brazilians to score<br />
again.<br />
With Brazil’s 2-0 win over the Aussies almost<br />
guaranteeing the South Americans’ progression, the<br />
last group stage match between Australia and Croatia<br />
was to decide the remaining Group F top two spot. And<br />
it was certainly another pulsating contest with<br />
Australia having to come from behind – twice – to tie<br />
the match 2-2 and emphatically qualify for the next<br />
stage, Craig Moore and Harry Kewell the goalscoring<br />
heroes. The result saw World Cup fever sweep through<br />
Australia as the pulsating Croatia match showed the<br />
drama only provided by the real football.<br />
2006 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong><br />
Germany<br />
JPN<br />
W3-1<br />
BRA<br />
L0-2<br />
CRO<br />
D2-2<br />
ITA<br />
L0-1<br />
John Aloisi ◦ ◦ ◦<br />
Marco Bresciano • ◦ ◦ •<br />
Tim Cahill • • •<br />
Scott Chipperfield • • • •<br />
Jason Culina • • • •<br />
Brett Emerton • • •<br />
Vince Grella • • • •<br />
Zeljko Kalac<br />
•<br />
Josh Kennedy ◦ ◦<br />
Harry Kewell • ◦ <br />
Craig Moore • • •<br />
Lucas Neill • • • •<br />
Tony Popovic<br />
•<br />
Mark Schwarzer • • •<br />
Mile Sterjovski • • •<br />
Mark Viduka (c) • • •<br />
Luke Wilkshire • •<br />
• started ◦ substitute # goals<br />
The emotional roller-coaster ride of Germany 2006<br />
continued as Australia matched it with the Italians right<br />
up until just seconds before the end of their Round of<br />
16 match, the match locked at nil-all. However a<br />
controversial penalty was then awarded to Italy<br />
following Grosso’s tumble in the box, resulting in a<br />
successful conversion by Totti. The 1-0 loss sent the<br />
Australians home in a state of shock.<br />
While the last-gasp contentious penalty seemed to be<br />
the cruellest way to end the World Cup dream, the<br />
Australian players, coaching staff and fans could depart<br />
Germany with their heads held high. After such a long<br />
absence, the Australian national side had matched it<br />
with the best of the world, in the world’s most revered<br />
football tournament, and were ultimately knocked-out<br />
by the slimmest of margins against the team which<br />
would go on to take out the 2006 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup final.<br />
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Asia calling<br />
Meanwhile, Australia transferred from the Oceania to<br />
the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) on January 1,<br />
2006. The move to Asia was a vital step in the<br />
development of the code in Australia at all levels,<br />
especially by virtue of playing in more meaningful<br />
qualifying series at all national team levels.<br />
The men’s senior team's first test in Asia was<br />
qualification for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup. Qualifying<br />
for the region's premier tournament proved to be a<br />
relatively easy affair. However the cup itself was not.<br />
Australia only scraped into the quarter-final stage,<br />
where Japan knocked the Socceroos out on penalties.<br />
The appointment of highly-credentialed national<br />
team coach Pim Verbeek in late 2007 signaled<br />
Australia’s serious desire to secure a successive <strong>FIFA</strong><br />
World Cup berth in the 2010 tournament.<br />
A challenging first-stage qualifying phase in a group<br />
with Qatar, Iraq and China had its hurdles, Australia<br />
finishing on top (over Qatar) only on goal difference.<br />
Grouped with Japan, Uzbekistan, Bahrain and Qatar in<br />
its final qualifying phase, the tough contests continued<br />
as the prize of 2010 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup qualification got<br />
closer and closer. Australia ended up comfortably<br />
finishing in the top two of the group to qualify directly<br />
for South Africa, a 2-1 defeat over closest group rivals<br />
Japan in the final qualifier signifying the dominance of<br />
the Australians throughout the World Cup campaign.<br />
After the highs of the 2006 World Cup, and the<br />
relative ease of qualification, expectations were high<br />
for Australia leading into the 2010 World Cup.<br />
2010 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong><br />
South Africa<br />
GER<br />
L0-4<br />
GHA<br />
D1-1<br />
SER<br />
W2-1<br />
Michael Beauchamp<br />
•<br />
Marco Bresciano • •<br />
Tim Cahill • <br />
David Carney • •<br />
Scott Chipperfield • ◦ ◦<br />
Jason Culina • • •<br />
Brett Emerton • • •<br />
Richard Garcia • ◦<br />
Vince Grella<br />
•<br />
Brett Holman ◦ <br />
Mile Jedinak<br />
◦<br />
Josh Kennedy ◦ •<br />
Harry Kewell<br />
•<br />
Craig Moore • •<br />
Lucas Neill (c) • • •<br />
Nikita Rukavytsya ◦ ◦<br />
Mark Schwarzer • • •<br />
Carl Valeri • • •<br />
Luke Wilkshire • • •<br />
• started ◦ substitute # goals<br />
Australia was thoroughly outclassed in its opening game<br />
4-0 by Germany. Despite finishing the group stage with<br />
the same number of points as it did four years earlier,<br />
with a draw against Ghana and win over Serbia, Australia<br />
failed to progress; the demoralising thrashing by the<br />
Germans seemed to hang over the heads of the Aussies<br />
for the rest of their 2010 World Cup campaign.<br />
Meanwhile Australia had had a bumpy ride on the way<br />
to qualifying for the 2011 AFC Asian Cup. Despite<br />
finishing first the in qualifying group; only three points<br />
separated the top three teams in the group, which<br />
reminded all that qualifying for tournaments through<br />
Asia can never be taken for granted.<br />
Australia comfortably made it through the group stage<br />
of the 2011 Asian Cup in Qatar. The ensuing quarter-final<br />
against reigning Asian champions Iraq was a classic, and<br />
only decided with a Harry Kewell goal in the dying<br />
minutes of extra time. The Socceroos then really turned<br />
it on in a 6-0 defeat of Uzbekistan in the semi final,<br />
which was followed by another 120 minute marathon in<br />
the final. Ultimately it was Japan who won the Asian Cup<br />
final match 1-0, meaning Australia will have to wait until<br />
2015 to possibly take out its first AFC Asian Cup title.<br />
And expectations will certainly be high for the<br />
Australians, who will host the tournament in 2015.<br />
Target: Brazil<br />
Australia cruised through its first stage of qualifying for<br />
the <strong>2014</strong> World Cup, a 1-0 loss away to eventual secondplaced<br />
Oman the only stumbling block along the way.<br />
The second stage was a different story however, the<br />
Australians starting with just two points from its opening<br />
three games. Only the top two of the five-team group<br />
would get automatic <strong>2014</strong> World Cup qualification. The<br />
series featured two gripping 1-1 games against Japan.<br />
The first in Brisbane saw Mark Milligan sent off early in<br />
the second half and Japan opening the scoring ten<br />
minutes later, before Luke Wilkshire converted a penalty<br />
soon after. The Japan leg played out similarly for the<br />
home and away teams, Tommy Oar making it 1-0 with<br />
ten minutes remaining only for Japan to make no mistake<br />
from a penalty awarded in the dying moments. With two<br />
matches to go in the group stage, Australia were third<br />
and in real danger of missing out on direct qualification.<br />
However, wins over Jordan (4-0) and Iraq (1-0) ultimately<br />
gave Australia a clear buffer for second spot.<br />
When the <strong>2014</strong> World Cup groups were drawn in December<br />
2013 – just weeks after the appointment of new coach Ange<br />
Postecoglou – Australia (59th) had a <strong>FIFA</strong> ranking well behind<br />
group opponents Spain (1st), Netherlands (9th) and Chile<br />
(15th). It will clearly be an uphill battle, but the underdog tag<br />
is one Australia has relished and revelled in the past. There<br />
will be nothing to lose for the Socceroos at Brazil <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
Pre-Federation<br />
17-06-22 New Zealand (Dunedin) Friendly (three match series) L 1–3<br />
24-06-22 New Zealand (Wellington) Friendly (three match series) D 1–1<br />
08-07-22 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly (three match series) L 1–3<br />
09-06-23 New Zealand (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) W 2–1<br />
16-06-23 New Zealand (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) L 2–3<br />
30-06-23 New Zealand (Newcastle) Friendly (three match series) L 1–4<br />
07-06-24 Canada (Brisbane) Friendly (six match series) W 3–2<br />
14-06-24 Canada (Sydney) Friendly (six match series) L 0–1<br />
23-06-24 Canada (Sydney) Friendly (six match series) W 4–1<br />
28-06-24 Canada (Newcastle) Friendly (six match series) D 0–0<br />
12-07-24 Canada (Adelaide) Friendly (six match series) L 1–4<br />
26-07-24 Canada (Sydney) Friendly (six match series) W 1–0<br />
05-06-33 New Zealand (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) W 4–2<br />
17-06-33 New Zealand (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 6–4<br />
24-06-33 New Zealand (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 4–2<br />
04-07-36 New Zealand (Dunedin) Friendly (three match series) W 7–1<br />
11-07-36 New Zealand (Wellington) Friendly (three match series) W 10–0<br />
18-07-36 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly (three match series) W 4–1<br />
03-09-38 India (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) W 5–3<br />
10-09-38 India (Brisbane) Friendly (five match series) D 4–4<br />
17-09-38 India (Newcastle) Friendly (five match series) L 1–4<br />
24-09-38 India (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) W 5–4<br />
01-10-38 India (Melbourne) Friendly (five match series) W 3–1<br />
10-05-47 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) L 1–2<br />
24-05-47 South Africa (Brisbane) Friendly (five match series) L 2–4<br />
31-05-47 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) D 3–3<br />
07-06-47 South Africa (Newcastle) Friendly (five match series) W 5–1<br />
14-06-47 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) L 1–2<br />
14-08-48 New Zealand (Wellington) Friendly (four match series) W 6–0<br />
28-08-48 New Zealand (Christchurch) Friendly (four match series) W 7–0<br />
04-09-48 New Zealand (Wellington) Friendly (four match series) W 4–0<br />
11-09-48 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly (four match series) W 8–1<br />
14-06-50 Zimbabwe (Salisbury) Friendly (two match series) W 5–0<br />
17-06-50 Zimbabwe (Bulawayo) Friendly (two match series) W 4–1<br />
24-06-50 South Africa (Durban) Friendly (four match series) L 2–3<br />
01-07-50 South Africa (Johannesburg) Friendly (four match series) L 1–2<br />
08-07-50 South Africa (Port Elizabeth) Friendly (four match series) W 2–1<br />
23-07-50 South Africa (Capetown) Friendly (four match series) W 2–0<br />
14-08-54 New Zealand (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 1–2<br />
28-08-54 New Zealand (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) W 4–1<br />
04-09-54 New Zealand (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 4–1<br />
03-09-55 South Africa (Brisbane) Friendly (five match series) L 0–3<br />
10-09-55 South Africa (Melbourne) Friendly (five match series) L 0–2<br />
17-09-55 South Africa (Adelaide) Friendly (five match series) L 0–8<br />
24-09-55 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly (five match series) L 0–6<br />
01-10-55 South Africa (Newcastle) Friendly (five match series) L 1–4<br />
27-11-56 Japan (Melbourne) Olympic Games W 2–0<br />
01-12-56 India (Melbourne) Olympic Games L 2–4<br />
12-12-56 India (Sydney) Friendly L 1–7<br />
16-08-58 New Zealand (Wellington) Friendly (two match series) W 3–2<br />
23-08-58 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly (two match series) D 2–2<br />
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Post-Federation<br />
1966 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
21-11-65 Korea DPR (Phnom Penh) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg L 1–6<br />
24-11-65 Korea DPR (Phnom Penh) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg L 1–3<br />
1970 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
26-11-65 Cambodia (Phnom Penh) Friendly (South East Asian tour) D 0–0<br />
29-11-65 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Friendly (South East Asian tour) L 0–1<br />
03-12-65 Chinese Taipei (Hong Kong) Friendly (South East Asian tour) W 3–2<br />
07-12-65 Malaysia (Ipoh) Friendly (South East Asian tour) W 1–0<br />
08-12-65 Malaysia (Ipoh) Friendly (South East Asian tour) W 3–0<br />
28-05-67 Scotland (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) L 0–1<br />
31-05-67 Scotland (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 1–2<br />
04-06-67 Scotland (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 0–2<br />
05-11-67 New Zealand (Saigon) Friendly (Vietnam National Day tournament) W 5–3<br />
07-11-67 South Vietnam (Saigon) Friendly (Vietnam National Day tournament) W 1–0<br />
11-11-67 Singapore (Saigon) Friendly (Vietnam National Day tournament) W 5–1<br />
12-11-67 Malaysia (Saigon) Friendly (Vietnam National Day tourn. - semi) W 1–0<br />
14-11-67 Korea Republic (Saigon) Friendly (Vietnam National Day tourn. - final) W 3–2<br />
17-11-67 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly W 2–0<br />
21-11-67 Singapore (Singapore) Friendly W 6–1<br />
26-11-67 Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) Friendly W 4–0<br />
30-03-68 Japan (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 2–2<br />
31-03-68 Japan (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) W 3–1<br />
04-04-68 Japan (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 1–3<br />
20-07-69 Greece (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0<br />
23-07-69 Greece (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) D 2–2<br />
26-07-69 Greece (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 0–2<br />
10-10-69 Japan (Seoul) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 3–1<br />
14-10-69 Korea Republic (Seoul) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–1<br />
16-10-69 Japan (Seoul) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1<br />
20-10-69 Korea Republic (Seoul) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1<br />
23-11-69 Zimbabwe (Laurenco Marques) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg D 1–1<br />
27-11-69 Zimbabwe (Laurenco Marques) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg D 0–0<br />
29-11-69 Zimbabwe (Laurenco Marques) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - play-off decider W 3–1<br />
04-12-69 Israel (Tel Aviv) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - play-off 1st leg L 0–1<br />
14-12-69 Israel (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - play-off 2nd leg D 1–1<br />
1974 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
04-11-70 Iran (Tehran) Friendly (World tour) W 2–1<br />
10-11-70 Israel (Tel Aviv) Friendly (World tour) W 1–0<br />
17-11-70 Greece (Athens) Friendly (World tour) W 3–1<br />
01-12-70 Mexico (Mexico City) Friendly (World tour) L 0–3<br />
11-11-71 Israel (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) D 2–2<br />
14-11-71 Israel (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0<br />
21-11-71 Israel (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 1–3<br />
07-10-72 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 4–1<br />
09-10-72 New Zealand (Jakarta) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 3–1<br />
15-10-72 South Vietnam (Saigon) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 1–0<br />
22-10-72 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly (East Asia tour) D 1–1<br />
24-10-72 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 2–0<br />
29-10-72 Philippines (Manila) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 6–0<br />
14-02-73 Bulgaria (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 2–2<br />
16-02-73 Bulgaria (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 1–3<br />
18-02-73 Bulgaria (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 0–2<br />
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04-03-73 New Zealand (Auckland) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1<br />
11-03-73 Iraq (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 3–1<br />
13-03-73 Indonesia (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–1<br />
16-03-73 New Zealand (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 3–3<br />
18-03-73 Iraq (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 0–0<br />
24-03-73 Indonesia (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 6–0<br />
18-08-73 Iran (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - 1st leg W 3–0<br />
24-08-73 Iran (Tehran) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - 2nd leg L 0–2<br />
28-10-73 Korea Republic (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - 1st leg D 0–0<br />
10-11-73 Korea Republic (Seoul) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - 2nd leg D 2–2<br />
13-11-73 Korea Republic (Hong Kong) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier decider W 1–0<br />
25-04-74 Uruguay (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) D 0–0<br />
27-04-74 Uruguay (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) W 2–0<br />
21-05-74 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly (Pre-Word Cup tour) W 2–1<br />
28-05-74 Israel (Tel Aviv) Friendly (Pre-Word Cup tour) L 1–2<br />
14-06-74 East Germany (Hamburg) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage L 0–2<br />
18-06-74 West Germany (Hamburg) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage L 0–3<br />
22-06-74 Chile (Berlin) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage D 0–0<br />
1978 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
06-08-75 China (Melbourne) Friendly W 1–0<br />
16-11-75 Soviet Union (Perth) Friendly (six match series) D 0–0<br />
20-11-75 Soviet Union (Adelaide) Friendly (six match series) L 0–3<br />
23-11-75 Soviet Union (Melbourne) Friendly (six match series) L 1–2<br />
26-11-75 Soviet Union (Brisbane) Friendly (six match series) D 0–0<br />
30-11-75 Soviet Union (Sydney) Friendly (six match series) L 2–3<br />
03-12-75 Soviet Union (Newcastle) Friendly (six match series) D 1–1<br />
29-02-76 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly (two match series) W 1–0<br />
02-03-76 New Zealand (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) W 3–1<br />
11-08-76 Hong Kong (Canberra) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1<br />
18-08-76 Hong Kong (Gosford) Friendly (two match series) W 2–0<br />
20-10-76 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly (world tour) D 1–1<br />
22-10-76 Singapore (Singapore) Friendly (world tour) W 1–0<br />
24-10-76 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Friendly (world tour) W 2–0<br />
29-10-76 China (Canton) Friendly (world tour) W 2–0<br />
03-11-76 Israel (Tel Aviv) Friendly (world tour) D 1–1<br />
12-02-77 Israel (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) D 1–1<br />
16-02-77 Israel (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) D 1–1<br />
13-03-77 Chinese Taipei (Suva) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 1st group stage W 3–0<br />
16-03-77 Chinese Taipei (Suva) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 1st group stage W 2–1<br />
19-03-77 Fiji (Suva) Friendly L 0–1<br />
27-03-77 New Zealand (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage W 3–1<br />
30-03-77 New Zealand (Auckland) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage D 1–1<br />
10-07-77 Hong Kong (Adelaide) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage W 3–0<br />
14-08-77 Iran (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage L 0–1<br />
28-08-77 Korea Republic (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage W 2–1<br />
16-10-77 Kuwait (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage L 1–2<br />
23-10-77 Korea Republic (Seoul) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage D 0–0<br />
30-10-77 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage W 5–2<br />
13-11-77 Singapore (Singapore) Friendly W 2–0<br />
19-11-77 Kuwait (Kuwait City) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage L 0–1<br />
25-11-77 Iran (Tehran) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qual - 2nd group stage L 0–1<br />
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1982 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
11-06-78 Greece (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) L 1–2<br />
14-06-78 Greece (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 0–1<br />
18-06-78 Greece (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 1–1<br />
13-06-79 New Zealand (Auckland) Friendly L 0–1<br />
27-11-79 Chinese Taipei (Taipei) Friendly (East Asia tour) W 2–0<br />
27-01-80 Czechoslovakia (Canberra) Friendly (three match series) L 0–4<br />
03-02-80 Czechoslovakia (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) L 0–5<br />
09-02-80 Czechoslovakia (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) D 2–2<br />
26-02-80 Papua New Guinea (Noumea) Oceania Nations Cup W 11–2<br />
31-05-80 England (Sydney) Friendly L 1–2<br />
11-06-80 Northern Ireland (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) L 1–2<br />
15-06-80 Northern Ireland (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) D 1–1<br />
18-06-80 Northern Ireland (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 1–2<br />
24-08-80 Mexico (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) D 2–2<br />
26-08-80 Mexico (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) D 1–1<br />
11-11-80 Greece (Athens) Friendly (world tour) D 3–3<br />
02-12-80 Israel (Tel Aviv) Friendly (world tour) W 1–0<br />
05-12-80 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) Friendly (world tour) L 0–1<br />
07-12-80 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly (world tour) D 1–1<br />
25-04-81 New Zealand (Auckland) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 3–3<br />
16-05-81 New Zealand (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage L 0–2<br />
20-05-81 Indonesia (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–0<br />
10-06-81 Chinese Taipei (Adelaide) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 3–2<br />
26-06-81 Fiji (Suva) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 4–1<br />
14-08-81 Fiji (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 10–0<br />
30-08-81 Indonesia (Jakarta) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage L 0–1<br />
06-09-81 Chinese Taipei (Taipei) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 0–0<br />
1986 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
06-10-82 Thailand (Singapore) Merlion Cup W 4–0<br />
11-10-82 Indonesia (Singapore) Merlion Cup W 2–0<br />
14-10-82 Malaysia (Singapore) Merlion Cup - semi W 5–0<br />
17-10-82 Korea Republic (Singapore) Merlion Cup - final W 3–2<br />
22-02-83 New Zealand (Auckland) Trans-Tasman Trophy L 1–2<br />
27-02-83 New Zealand (Melbourne) Trans-Tasman Trophy L 0–2<br />
12-06-83 England (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 0–0<br />
15-06-83 England (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) L 0–1<br />
19-06-83 England (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) D 1–1<br />
04-12-83 China (Singapore) Merlion Cup L 1–2<br />
10-12-83 Thailand (Singapore) Merlion Cup W 2–0<br />
15-12-83 Korea Republic (Singapore) Merlion Cup - semi W 3–1<br />
18-12-83 Singapore (Singapore) Merlion Cup - final W 4–2<br />
03-11-84 China (Beijing) Ampol Cup L 2–3<br />
21-09-85 New Zealand (Auckland) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 0–0<br />
27-09-85 China (Brisbane) Ampol Cup W 3–0<br />
08-10-85 Israel (Tel Aviv) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–1<br />
20-10-85 Israel (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1<br />
23-10-85 Chinese Taipei (Adelaide) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 7–0<br />
27-10-85 Chinese Taipei (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 8–0<br />
03-11-85 New Zealand (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–0<br />
20-11-85 Scotland (Glasgow) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg L 0–2<br />
04-12-85 Scotland (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg D 0–0<br />
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1990 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
03-08-86 Czechoslovakia (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) D 1–1<br />
06-08-86 Czechoslovakia (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) L 0–1<br />
10-08-86 Czechoslovakia (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) L 0–3<br />
25-10-86 New Zealand (Auckland) Trans-Tasman Trophy D 1–1<br />
02-11-86 New Zealand (Sydney) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 2–1<br />
23-11-86 China (Canton) Ampol Cup W 2–0<br />
09-06-87 Morocco (Kangnung) President's Cup - group stage W 1–0<br />
19-06-87 Egypt (Seoul) President's Cup - semi final D 0–0 wop4–3<br />
21-06-87 Korea Republic (Seoul) President's Cup - final D 1–1 lop4–5<br />
02-09-87 New Zealand (Melbourne) Trans-Tasman Trophy D 1–1<br />
09-09-87 New Zealand (Wellington) Trans-Tasman Trophy L 0–1<br />
15-11-87 Chinese Taipei (Taipei) Olympic Games Qualifier W 3–0<br />
26-02-88 Chinese Taipei (Canberra) Olympic Games Qualifier W 3–0<br />
06-03-88 Israel (Melbourne) Olympic Games Qualifier W 2–0<br />
09-03-88 Chinese Taipei (Adelaide) Olympic Games Qualifier W 3–2<br />
13-03-88 New Zealand (Sydney) Olympic Games Qualifier W 3–1<br />
20-03-88 Israel (Christchurch) Olympic Games Qualifier D 0–0<br />
23-03-88 New Zealand (Wellington) Olympic Games Qualifier D 1–1<br />
27-03-88 Chinese Taipei (Auckland) Olympic Games Qualifier W 3–0<br />
07-07-88 Brazil (Melbourne) Bicentennial Gold Cup L 0–1<br />
09-07-88 Saudi Arabia (Sydney) Bicentennial Gold Cup W 3–0<br />
14-07-88 Argentina (Sydney) Bicentennial Gold Cup W 4–1<br />
17-07-88 Brazil (Sydney) Bicentennial Gold Cup - final L 0–2<br />
18-09-88 Yugoslavia (Gwangju) Olympic Games - group stage W 1–0<br />
20-09-88 Brazil (Seoul) Olympic Games - group stage L 0–3<br />
22-09-88 Nigeria (Seoul) Olympic Games - group stage W 1–0<br />
25-09-88 Soviet Union (Pusan) Olympic Games - quarter final L 0–3<br />
12-10-88 New Zealand (Dunedin) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 2–1<br />
16-10-88 New Zealand (Bendigo) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 2–0<br />
26-11-88 Fiji (Nadi) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg L 0–1<br />
03-12-88 Fiji (Newcastle) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg W 5–1<br />
12-03-89 New Zealand (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 4–1<br />
19-03-89 Israel (Tel Aviv) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1<br />
02-04-89 New Zealand (Auckland) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage L 0–2<br />
16-04-89 Israel (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage D 1–1<br />
1994 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
25-08-90 Indonesia (Jakarta) Friendly (Independence Cup - final) W 3–0<br />
06-09-90 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1<br />
09-09-90 Korea Republic (Pusan) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1<br />
30-01-91 Czechoslovakia (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1<br />
06-02-91 Czechoslovakia (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) L 0–2<br />
12-05-91 New Zealand (Christchurch) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 1–0<br />
15-05-91 New Zealand (Adelaide) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 2–1<br />
01-06-91 England (Sydney) Friendly L 0–1<br />
14-06-91 Korea Republic (Seoul) President's Cup - semi final D 0–0 lop3–4<br />
26-01-92 Sweden (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 0–0<br />
29-01-92 Sweden (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0<br />
02-02-92 Sweden (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0<br />
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13-06-92 United States (Orlando) Friendly (Americas tour) W 1–0<br />
18-06-92 Argentina (Buenos Aires) Friendly (Americas tour) L 0–2<br />
21-06-92 Uruguay (Montevideo) Friendly (Americas tour) L 0–2<br />
05-07-92 Croatia (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0<br />
08-07-92 Croatia (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) W 3–1<br />
12-07-92 Croatia (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 0–0<br />
11-08-92 Malaysia (Jakarta) Independence Cup L 0–1<br />
14-08-92 Indonesia (Jakarta) Independence Cup W 3–0<br />
04-09-92 Solomon Islands (Honiara) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–1<br />
11-09-92 Tahiti (Papeete) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 3–0<br />
20-09-92 Tahiti (Brisbane) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–0<br />
26-09-92 Solomon Islands (Newcastle) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 6–1<br />
15-04-93 Kuwait (Singapore) Friendly (two match series) W 1–0<br />
19-04-93 Kuwait (Singapore) Friendly (two match series) L 1–3<br />
30-05-93 New Zealand (Auckland) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg W 1–0<br />
06-06-93 New Zealand (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg W 3–0<br />
31-07-93 Canada (Edmonton) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg L 1–2<br />
15-08-93 Canada (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg W 2–1 wop4–1<br />
24-09-93 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly (two match series) D 1–1<br />
26-09-93 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1<br />
31-10-93 Argentina (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg D 1–1<br />
17-11-93 Argentina (Buenos Aires) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg L 0–1<br />
1998 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
22-05-94 Japan (Hiroshima) Kirin Cup D 1–1<br />
26-05-94 France (Kobe) Kirin Cup L 0–1<br />
08-06-94 South Africa (Adelaide) Friendly (two match series) W 1–0<br />
12-06-94 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) W 1–0<br />
24-09-94 Kuwait (Kuala Lumpur) Friendly D 0–0<br />
27-09-94 Japan (Tokyo) Friendly D 0–0<br />
08-02-95 Colombia (Brisbane) Friendly (two match series) D 0–0<br />
11-02-95 Colombia (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1<br />
15-02-95 Japan (Sydney) Friendly W 2–1<br />
18-06-95 Ghana (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) W 2–1<br />
21-06-95 Ghana (Adelaide) Friendly (three match series) W 1–0<br />
24-06-95 Ghana (Perth) Friendly (three match series) L 0–1<br />
30-06-95 Argentina (Buenos Aires) Friendly L 0–2<br />
10-11-95 New Zealand (Christchurch) Trans-Tasman Trophy D 0–0<br />
15-11-95 New Zealand (Newcastle) Trans-Tasman Trophy W 3–0<br />
10-02-96 Japan (Wollongong) Friendly (two match series) L 1–4<br />
14-02-96 Japan (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) W 3–0<br />
25-02-96 Sweden (Brisbane) Friendly (two match series) L 0–2<br />
28-02-96 Sweden (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) D 0–0<br />
27-03-96 Scotland (Glasgow) Friendly L 0–1<br />
23-04-96 Chile (Antofagasta) Friendly L 0–3<br />
14-09-96 Ghana (Durban) Simba Cup W 2–0<br />
18-09-96 South Africa (Johannesburg) Simba Cup L 0–2<br />
21-09-96 Kenya (Pretoria) Simba Cup W 4–0<br />
09-10-96 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) Friendly D 0–0<br />
26-10-96 Tahiti (Papeete) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup Qualifier 1st leg W 6–0<br />
01-11-96 Tahiti (Canberra) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup Qualifier 2nd leg W 5–0<br />
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18-01-97 New Zealand (Melbourne) Optus World Series W 1–0<br />
22-01-97 Korea Republic (Brisbane) Optus World Series W 2–1<br />
25-01-97 Norway (Sydney) Optus World Series W 1–0<br />
12-03-97 Macedonia (Skopje) Friendly W 1–0<br />
02-04-97 Hungary (Budapest) Friendly W 3–1<br />
11-06-97 Solomon Islands (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 13–0<br />
13-06-97 Tahiti (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 5–0<br />
17-06-97 Solomon Islands (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 6–2<br />
19-06-97 Tahiti (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–0<br />
28-06-97 New Zealand (Auckland) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg W 3–0<br />
06-07-97 New Zealand (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg W 2–0<br />
01-10-97 Tunisia (Tunis) Friendly W 3–0<br />
22-11-97 Iran (Tehran) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg D 1–1<br />
29-11-97 Iran (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg D 2–2<br />
2002 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
12-12-97 Mexico (Riyadh) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - group stage W 3–1<br />
14-12-97 Brazil (Riyadh) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - group stage D 0–0<br />
16-12-97 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - group stage L 0–1<br />
19-12-97 Uruguay (Riyadh) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - semi final W 1–0<br />
21-12-97 Brazil (Riyadh) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - final L 0–6<br />
07-02-98 Chile (Melbourne) Optus World Series L 0–1<br />
11-02-98 Korea Republic (Sydney) Optus World Series W 1–0<br />
15-02-98 Japan (Adelaide) Optus World Series L 0–3<br />
06-06-98 Croatia (Zagreb) Friendly L 0–7<br />
25-09-98 Fiji (Brisbane) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - group stage W 3–1<br />
28-09-98 Cook Islands (Brisbane) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - group stage W 16–0<br />
02-10-98 Tahiti (Brisbane) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - semi final W 4–1<br />
04-10-98 New Zealand (Brisbane) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - final L 0–1<br />
06-11-98 United States (San Jose) Friendly D 0–0<br />
09-02-00 Chile (Valparaiso) Friendly (Four Nation Tournament) L 1–2<br />
12-02-00 Slovakia (Valparaiso) Friendly (Four Nation Tournament) D 0–0<br />
15-02-00 Bulgaria (Valparaiso) Friendly (Four Nation Tournament) D 1–1<br />
23-02-00 Hungary (Budapest) Friendly W 3–0<br />
29-03-00 Czech Republic (Teplice) Friendly L 1–3<br />
09-06-00 Paraguay (Sydney) Friendly (three match series) D 0–0<br />
12-06-00 Paraguay (Brisbane) Friendly (three match series) D 0–0<br />
15-06-00 Paraguay (Melbourne) Friendly (three match series) W 2–1<br />
19-06-00 Cook Islands (Papeete) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - group stage W 17–0<br />
23-06-00 Solomon Islands (Papeete) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - group stage W 6–0<br />
25-06-00 Vanuatu (Papeete) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - semi final W 1–0<br />
28-06-00 New Zealand (Papeete) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - final W 2–0<br />
04-10-00 Kuwait (Dubai) LG Cup W 1–0<br />
07-10-00 Korea Republic (Dubai) LG Cup L 2–4<br />
15-11-00 Scotland (Glasgow) Friendly W 2–0<br />
28-02-01 Colombia (Bogota) Friendly L 2–3<br />
09-04-01 Tonga (Coffs Harbour) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 22–0<br />
11-04-01 American Samoa (Coffs Harbour) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 31–0<br />
14-04-01 Fiji (Coffs Harbour) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 2–0<br />
16-04-01 Samoa (Coffs Harbour) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - group stage W 11–0<br />
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30-05-01 Mexico (Suwon) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - group stage W 2–0<br />
01-06-01 France (Daegu) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - group stage W 1–0<br />
03-06-01 Korea Republic (Suwon) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - group stage L 0–1<br />
07-06-01 Japan (Yokohama) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - semi final L 0–1<br />
09-06-01 Brazil (Ulsan) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - 3rd place p/off W 1–0<br />
20-06-01 New Zealand (Wellington) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg W 2–0<br />
24-06-01 New Zealand (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg W 4–1<br />
15-08-01 Japan (Shizuoka) AFC/<strong>OF</strong>C Cup L 0–3<br />
11-11-01 France (Melbourne) Friendly D 1–1<br />
20-11-01 Uruguay (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg W 1–0<br />
26-11-01 Uruguay (Montevideo) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg L 0–3<br />
2006 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
06-07-02 Vanuatu (Auckland) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - group stage W 2–0<br />
08-07-02 New Caledonia (Auckland) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - group stage W 11–0<br />
10-07-02 Fiji (Auckland) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - group stage W 8–0<br />
12-07-02 Tahiti (Auckland) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - semi final W 2–1<br />
14-07-02 New Zealand (Auckland) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup - final L 0–1<br />
12-02-03 England (London) Friendly W 3–1<br />
19-08-03 Ireland (Dublin) Friendly L 1–2<br />
07-09-03 Jamaica (Reading) Friendly W 2–1<br />
18-02-04 Venezuela (Caracas) Friendly D 1–1<br />
30-03-04 South Africa (London) Friendly W 1–0<br />
21-05-04 Turkey (Sydney) Friendly (two match series) L 1–3<br />
24-05-04 Turkey (Melbourne) Friendly (two match series) L 0–1<br />
29-05-04 New Zealand (Adelaide) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup/<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier W 1–0<br />
31-05-04 Tahiti (Adelaide) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup/<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier W 9–0<br />
02-06-04 Fiji (Adelaide) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup/<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier W 6–1<br />
04-06-04 Vanuatu (Adelaide) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup/<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier W 3–0<br />
06-06-04 Solomon Islands (Adelaide) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup/<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier D 2–2<br />
09-10-04 Solomon Islands (Honiara) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup final 1st leg W 5–1<br />
12-10-04 Solomon Islands (Sydney) <strong>OF</strong>C Nations Cup final 2nd leg W 6–0<br />
16-11-04 Norway (London) Friendly D 2–2<br />
09-02-05 South Africa (Durban) Friendly D 1–1<br />
26-03-05 Iraq (Sydney) Friendly W 2–1<br />
29-03-05 Indonesia (Perth) Friendly W 3–0<br />
09-06-05 New Zealand (London) Friendly W 1–0<br />
15-06-05 Germany (Frankfurt) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - group stage L 3–4<br />
18-06-05 Argentina (Nuremberg) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - group stage L 2–4<br />
21-06-05 Tunisia (Leipzig) <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup - group stage L 0–2<br />
03-08-05 Solomon Islands (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg W 7–0<br />
06-08-05 Solomon Islands (Honiara) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg W 2–1<br />
09-10-05 Jamaica (London) Friendly W 5–0<br />
12-11-05 Uruguay (Montevideo) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 1st leg L 0–1<br />
16-11-05 Uruguay (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier 2nd leg W 1–0 wop4–2<br />
22-02-06 Bahrain (Manama) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 3–1<br />
25-05-06 Greece (Melbourne) Friendly W 1–0<br />
04-06-06 Netherlands (Rotterdam) Friendly (Pre-World Cup camp) D 1–1<br />
07-06-06 Liechtenstein (Ulm) Friendly (Pre-World Cup camp) W 3–1<br />
12-06-06 Japan (Kaiserslautern) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage W 3–1<br />
18-06-06 Brazil (Munich) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage L 0–2<br />
22-06-06 Croatia (Stuttgart) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage D 2–2<br />
26-06-06 Italy (Kaiserslautern) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - round of 16 L 0–1<br />
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2010 <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
16-08-06 Kuwait (Sydney) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 2–0<br />
06-09-06 Kuwait (Kuwait City) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier L 0–2<br />
07-10-06 Paraguay (Brisbane) Friendly D 1–1<br />
11-10-06 Bahrain (Sydney) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 2–0<br />
14-11-06 Ghana (London) Friendly D 1–1<br />
06-02-07 Denmark (London) Friendly L 1–3<br />
24-03-07 China (Guangzhou) Friendly W 2–0<br />
02-06-07 Uruguay (Sydney) Friendly L 1–2<br />
30-06-07 Singapore (Singapore) Friendly W 3–0<br />
08-07-07 Oman (Bangkok) AFC Asian Cup - group stage D 1–1<br />
13-07-07 Iraq (Bangkok) AFC Asian Cup - group stage L 1–3<br />
16-07-07 Thailand (Bangkok) AFC Asian Cup - group stage W 4–0<br />
21-07-07 Japan (Hanoi) AFC Asian Cup - quarter final D 1–1 lop3–4<br />
11-09-07 Argentina (Melbourne) Friendly L 0–1<br />
17-11-07 Nigeria (London) Friendly W 1–0<br />
06-02-08 Qatar (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 W 3–0<br />
22-03-08 Singapore (Singapore) Friendly D 0–0<br />
26-03-08 China (Kunming) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 D 0–0<br />
23-05-08 Ghana (Sydney) Friendly W 1–0<br />
01-06-08 Iraq (Brisbane) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 W 1–0<br />
07-06-08 Iraq (Dubai) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 L 0–1<br />
14-06-08 Qatar (Doha) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 W 3–1<br />
22-06-08 China (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 L 0–1<br />
19-08-08 South Africa (London) Friendly D 2–2<br />
06-09-08 Netherlands (Eindhoven) Friendly W 2–1<br />
10-09-08 Uzbekistan (Tashkent) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 W 1–0<br />
15-10-08 Qatar (Brisbane) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 W 4–0<br />
19-11-08 Bahrain (Manama) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 W 1–0<br />
28-01-09 Indonesia (Jakarta) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier D 0–0<br />
11-02-09 Japan (Yokohama) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 D 0–0<br />
05-03-09 Kuwait (Canberra) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier L 0–1<br />
01-04-09 Uzbekistan (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 W 2–0<br />
06-06-09 Qatar (Doha) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 D 0–0<br />
10-06-09 Bahrain (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 W 2–0<br />
17-06-09 Japan (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 W 2–1<br />
12-08-09 Ireland (Limerick) Friendly W 3–0<br />
05-09-09 Korea Republic (Seoul) Friendly L 1–3<br />
10-10-09 Netherlands (Sydney) Friendly D 0–0<br />
14-10-09 Oman (Melbourne) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 1–0<br />
14-11-09 Oman (Muscat) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 2–1<br />
06-01-10 Kuwait (Kuwait City) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier D 2–2<br />
03-03-10 Indonesia (Brisbane) AFC Asian Cup Qualifier W 1–0<br />
24-05-10 New Zealand (Melbourne) Friendly W 2–1<br />
01-06-10 Denmark (Johannesburg) Friendly W 1–0<br />
05-06-10 United States (Johannesburg) Friendly L 1–3<br />
13-06-10 Germany (Durban) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage L 0–4<br />
19-06-10 Ghana (Rustenburg) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage D 1–1<br />
23-06-10 Serbia (Nelspruit) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup - group stage W 2–1<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> CAMPAIGN<br />
11-08-10 Slovenia (Ljubljana) Friendly L 0–2<br />
03-09-10 Switzerland (St Gallen) Friendly D 0–0<br />
07-09-10 Poland (Krakow) Friendly W 2–1<br />
09-10-10 Paraguay (Sydney) Friendly W 1–0<br />
17-11-10 Egypt (Cairo) Friendly L 0–3<br />
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05-01-11 United Arab Emirates (Al Ain City) Friendly D 0–0<br />
10-01-11 India (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - group stage W 4–0<br />
14-01-11 Korea Republic (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - group stage D 1–1<br />
18-01-11 Bahrain (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - group stage W 1–0<br />
22-01-11 Iraq (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - quarter final W 1–0<br />
25-01-11 Uzbekistan (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - semi final W 6–0<br />
29-01-11 Japan (Doha) AFC Asian Cup - final L 0–1<br />
29-03-11 Germany (Monchengladbach) Friendly W 2–1<br />
05-06-11 New Zealand (Adelaide) Friendly W 3–0<br />
07-06-11 Serbia (Melbourne) Friendly D 0–0<br />
10-08-11 Wales (Cardiff) Friendly W 2–1<br />
02-09-11 Thailand (Brisbane) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 W 2–1<br />
06-09-11 Saudi Arabia (Dammam) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 W 3–1<br />
07-10-11 Malaysia (Canberra) Friendly W 5–0<br />
11-09-11 Oman (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 W 3–0<br />
11-11-11 Oman (Muscat) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 L 0–1<br />
15-11-11 Thailand (Bangkok) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 W 1–0<br />
29-02-12 Saudi Arabia (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 3 W 4–2<br />
02-06-12 Denmark (Copenhagen) Friendly L 0–2<br />
08-06-12 Oman (Muscat) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 D 0–0<br />
12-06-12 Japan (Brisbane) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 D 1–1<br />
15-08-12 Scotland (Edinburgh) Friendly L 1–3<br />
06-09-12 Lebanon (Beirut) Friendly W 3–0<br />
11-09-12 Jordan (Amman) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 L 1–2<br />
16-10-12 Iraq (Doha) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 W 2–1<br />
14-11-12 Korea Republic (Hwaseong) Friendly W 2–1<br />
03-12-12 Hong Kong (Hong Kong) EAFF East Asia Cup Qualifier W 1–0<br />
05-12-12 Korea DPR (Hong Kong) EAFF East Asia Cup Qualifier D 1–1<br />
07-12-12 Guam (Hong Kong) EAFF East Asia Cup Qualifier W 9–0<br />
09-12-12 Chinese Taipei (Hong Kong) EAFF East Asia Cup Qualifier W 8–0<br />
06-02-13 Romania (Malaga) Friendly L 2–3<br />
26-03-13 Oman (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 D 2–2<br />
04-06-13 Japan (Saitama) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 D 1–1<br />
11-03-13 Jordan (Melbourne) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 W 4–0<br />
18-06-13 Iraq (Sydney) <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier - Round 4 W 1–0<br />
20-07-13 Korea Republic (Seoul) EAFF East Asia Cup D 0–0<br />
25-07-13 Japan (Hwaseong) EAFF East Asia Cup L 2–3<br />
28-07-13 China (Seoul) EAFF East Asia Cup L 3–4<br />
07-09-13 Brazil (Brasilia) Friendly L 0–6<br />
11-10-13 France (Paris) Friendly L 0–6<br />
15-10-13 Canada (London) Friendly W 3–0<br />
19-11-13 Costa Rica (Sydney) Friendly W 1–0<br />
05-03-14 Ecuador (London) Friendly L 3–4<br />
26-05-14 South Africa (Sydney) Friendly D 1–1<br />
06-06-14 Croatia (Salvador) Friendly L 0–1<br />
'Friendly' matches include tournament and other series matches. Existing countries generally listed under current name.<br />
Abbreviations: AFC=Asian Football Confederation. EAFF=East Asian Football Federation. <strong>OF</strong>C=Oceania Football Confederation.<br />
ONC=Oceania Nations Cup.<br />
(a)An A international is a match played between <strong>FIFA</strong>-affiliated nations with no major restriction (eg. age) affecting either team’s<br />
player selection.<br />
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SUMMARY by opponent (A internationals)<br />
Opponent P W D L First meeting<br />
American Samoa 1 1 0 0 11-04-2001 (W31-0)<br />
Argentina 7 1 1 5 14-07-1988 (W4-1)<br />
Bahrain 5 5 0 0 22-02-2006 (W3-1)<br />
Brazil 8 1 1 6 07-07-1988 (L0-1)<br />
Bulgaria 4 0 2 2 14-02-1973 (D2-2)<br />
Cambodia 1 0 1 0 26-11-1965 (D0-0)<br />
Canada 9 5 1 3 07-06-1924 (W3-2)<br />
Chile 4 0 1 3 22-06-1974 (D0-0)<br />
China 10 5 1 4 06-08-1975 (W1-0)<br />
Chinese Taipei 13 12 1 0 03-12-1965 (W3-1)<br />
Colombia 3 0 1 2 08-02-1995 (D0-0)<br />
Cook Islands 2 2 0 0 28-09-1998 (W16-0)<br />
Costa Rica 1 1 0 0 19-11-2013 (W1-0)<br />
Croatia 6 2 2 2 05-07-1992 (W1-0)<br />
Czech Republic 1 0 0 1 29-03-2000 (L1-3)<br />
Czechoslovakia 8 0 2 6 27-01-1980 (L0-4)<br />
Denmark 3 1 0 2 06-02-2007 (L1-3)<br />
East Germany 1 0 0 1 14-06-1974 (L0-2)<br />
Ecuador 1 0 0 1 05-03-<strong>2014</strong> (L3-4)<br />
Egypt 2 0 1 1 19-06-1987 (D0-0)<br />
England 6 1 2 3 31-05-1980 (L1-2)<br />
Fiji 9 7 0 2 19-03-1977 (L0-1)<br />
France 4 1 1 2 26-05-1994 (L0-1)<br />
Germany 3 1 0 2 15-06-2005 (L3-4)<br />
Ghana 7 4 2 1 18-06-1995 (W2-1)<br />
Greece 9 3 3 3 20-07-1969 (W1-0)<br />
Guam 1 1 0 0 07-12-2012 (W9-0)<br />
Hong Kong 8 5 0 3 29-11-1965 (L0-1)<br />
Hungary 2 2 0 0 02-04-1997 (W3-1)<br />
India 8 4 1 3 03-09-1938 (W5-3)<br />
Indonesia 15 11 3 1 17-11-1967 (W2-0)<br />
Iran 7 2 2 3 04-11-1970 (W2-1)<br />
Iraq 9 6 1 2 11-03-1973 (W3-1)<br />
Ireland 2 1 0 1 19-08-2003 (L1-2)<br />
Israel 17 5 9 3 04-12-1969 (L0-1)<br />
Italy 1 0 0 1 26-06-2006 (L0-1)<br />
Jamaica 2 2 0 0 07-09-2003 (W2-1)<br />
Japan 22 7 8 7 27-11-1956 (W2-0)<br />
Jordan 2 1 0 1 11-09-2012 (L1-2)<br />
Kenya 1 1 0 0 21-09-1996 (W4-0)<br />
Korea DPR (North) 3 0 1 2 21-11-1965 (L1-6)<br />
Korea Republic (South) 26 10 10 6 14-11-1967 (W3-2)<br />
Kuwait 10 3 2 5 16-10-1977 (L1-2)<br />
Lebanon 1 1 0 0 06-09-2012 (W3-0)<br />
Liechtenstein 1 1 0 0 07-06-2006 (W3-1)<br />
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Opponent P W D L First meeting<br />
Macedonia 1 1 0 0 12-03-1997 (W1-0)<br />
Malaysia 7 6 0 1 07-12-1965 (W1-0)<br />
Mexico 5 2 2 1 01-12-1970 (L0-3)<br />
Morocco 1 1 0 0 09-06-1987 (W1-0)<br />
Netherlands 3 1 2 0 04-06-2006 (D1-1)<br />
New Caledonia 1 1 0 0 08-07-2002 (W11-0)<br />
New Zealand 64 40 11 13 17-06-1922 (L1-3)<br />
Nigeria 2 2 0 0 22-09-1988 (W1-0)<br />
Northern Ireland 3 0 1 2 11-06-1980 (L1-2)<br />
Norway 2 1 1 0 25-01-1997 (W1-0)<br />
Oman 7 3 3 1 08-07-2007 (D1-1)<br />
Papua New Guinea 1 1 0 0 26-02-1980 (W11-2)<br />
Paraguay 5 2 3 0 09-06-2000 (D0-0)<br />
Philippines 1 1 0 0 29-10-1972 (W6-0)<br />
Poland 1 1 0 0 07-09-2008 (W2-1)<br />
Qatar 4 3 1 0 06-02-2008 (W3-0)<br />
Romania 1 0 0 1 06-02-2013 (L2–3)<br />
Samoa 1 1 0 0 16-04-2001 (W11-0)<br />
Saudi Arabia 5 3 1 1 09-07-1988 (W3-0)<br />
Scotland 8 1 1 6 28-05-1967 (L0-1)<br />
Serbia 2 1 1 0 23-06-2010 (W2-1)<br />
Singapore 7 6 1 0 11-11-1967 (W5-1)<br />
Slovakia 1 0 1 0 12-02-2000 (D0-0)<br />
Slovenia 1 0 0 1 11-08-2010 (L0-2)<br />
Solomon Islands 10 9 1 0 04-09-1992 (W2-1)<br />
South Africa 21 6 4 11 10-05-1947 (L1-2)<br />
South Vietnam 2 2 0 0 07-11-1967 (W1-0)<br />
Soviet Union 7 0 3 4 16-11-1975 (D0-0)<br />
Sweden 5 2 2 1 26-01-1992 (D0-0)<br />
Switzerland 1 0 1 0 03-09-2010 (D0-0)<br />
Tahiti 9 9 0 0 11-09-1992 (W3-0)<br />
Thailand 5 5 0 0 06-10-1982 (W4-0)<br />
Tonga 1 1 0 0 09-04-2001 (W22-0)<br />
Tunisia 2 1 0 1 01-10-1997 (W3-0)<br />
Turkey 2 0 0 2 21-05-2004 (L1-3)<br />
United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 05-01-2011 (D0-0)<br />
United States 3 1 1 1 13-06-1992 (W1-0)<br />
Uruguay 9 4 1 4 25-04-1974 (D0-0)<br />
Uzbekistan 3 3 0 0 10-09-2008 (W1-0)<br />
Vanuatu 3 3 0 0 25-06-2000 (W1-0)<br />
Venezuela 1 0 1 0 18-02-2004 (D1-1)<br />
Wales 1 1 0 0 10-08-2011 (W2-1)<br />
West Germany 1 0 0 1 18-06-1974 (L0-3)<br />
Yugoslavia 1 1 0 0 18-09-1988 (W1-0)<br />
Zimbabwe 5 3 2 0 14-06-1950 (W5-0)<br />
All opponents 493 245 106 142<br />
Total goals for: 975; total goals against: 541.<br />
As at 7 June <strong>2014</strong><br />
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SUMMARY by region of opponent<br />
Region (Confederation) P W D L<br />
Asia (AFC) 183 105 38 40<br />
Europe (UEFA) 109 28 34 47<br />
Oceania (<strong>OF</strong>C) 102 75 12 15<br />
Africa (CAF) 41 18 9 14<br />
South America (CONMEBOL) 38 8 9 21<br />
Other America (CONCACAF) 20 11 4 5<br />
All 493 245 106 142<br />
Opponent categorised under current or last-joined confederation<br />
SUMMARY by venue – Australia/Other<br />
Venue P W D L<br />
Australia 217 112 45 60<br />
Other country 276 133 61 82<br />
All 493 245 106 142<br />
SUMMARY by venue – region<br />
Venue (Confederation) P W D L<br />
Asia (AFC) 351 180 78 93<br />
Oceania (<strong>OF</strong>C) 52 33 10 9<br />
Europe (UEFA) 52 21 10 21<br />
Africa (CAF) 20 10 4 6<br />
South America (CONMEBOL) 14 0 3 11<br />
Other America (CONCACAF) 4 1 1 2<br />
All 493 245 106 142<br />
SUMMARY by <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup campaign<br />
A INTERN<strong>AT</strong>IONALS………………….<br />
ALL INTERN<strong>AT</strong>IONALS………..………<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup campaign P W D L P W D L<br />
1966 2 0 0 2 7 0 2 5<br />
1970 31 16 8 7 35 19 9 7<br />
1974 34 16 10 8 60 29 17 14<br />
1978 32 14 9 9 62 20 16 26<br />
1982 27 7 9 11 47 19 12 16<br />
1986 23 12 5 6 62 27 15 20<br />
1990 35 17 9 9 47 24 13 10<br />
1994 34 17 5 12 58 29 8 21<br />
1998 41 23 9 9 42 24 9 9<br />
2002 45 24 7 14 50 25 8 17<br />
2006 40 24 6 10 41 25 6 10<br />
2010 47 24 13 10 47 24 13 10<br />
<strong>2014</strong> 50 25 11 14 50 25 11 14<br />
All 439 217 100 122 606 288 138 180<br />
Includes matches against international opponents from 1963 only.<br />
Each world cup campaign is deemed to end at the final qualifying match of the previous campaign or previous final world<br />
cup match.<br />
All internationals includes matches against other international opposition eg. club teams, age-restricted national teams and<br />
national teams not affiliated with <strong>FIFA</strong> at the time.<br />
All statistics as at 7 June <strong>2014</strong><br />
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TEAM RECORDS<br />
BIGGEST WINS<br />
W31–0 v American Samoa (Coffs Harbour) 11-04-2001 (world record for a senior international match)<br />
W22–0 v Tonga (Coffs Harbour) 09-04-2001<br />
W17–0 v Cook Islands (Papeete) 19-06-2000<br />
W16–0 v Cook Islands (Brisbane) 28-09-1998<br />
W13–0 v Solomon Islands (Sydney) 11-06-1997<br />
BIGGEST LOSSES<br />
L0–17 v English FA (Sydney) 30-06-1951 (non-A international)<br />
L1–13 v English FA (Adelaide) 23-06-1951 (non-A international)<br />
L0–9 v Heart of Midlothian (Perth) 13-06-1959 (non-A international)<br />
L1–9 v Heart of Midlothian (Melbourne) 30-05-1959 (non-A international)<br />
L0–8 v South Africa (Adelaide) 17-09-1955<br />
RECORD STREAKS<br />
Winning 14 matches 26-10-1996 to 01-10-1997<br />
Undefeated 20 matches 21-09-1996 to 14-12-1997<br />
Drawing 4 matches 16-10-1969 to 27-11-1969<br />
Winless 7 matches 31-05-1980 to 11-11-1980<br />
Losing 5 matches 03-09-1955 to 01-10-1955<br />
No goals conceded (matches) 6 matches 09-04-2001 to 01-06-2001, 17-11-2007 to 01-06-2008<br />
No goals scored (matches) 4 matches 03-09-1955 to 24-09-1955, 06-09-1990 to 06-02-1991,<br />
24-09-1994 to 11-02-1995, 25-02-1996 to 23-04-1996<br />
No goals conceded (minutes) 608 minutes 11-09-2007 to 07-06-2008<br />
No goals scored (minutes) 422 minutes 14-02-1996 to 14-09-1996<br />
All statistics as at 7 June <strong>2014</strong><br />
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PLAYERS international appearances & goals<br />
APPEARANCES (GOALS) CAREER SPAN<br />
A games All games All games<br />
Attila Abonyi 61 (25) 89 (36) 1967–1977<br />
Stan Ackerley 27 (0) 30 (0) 1965–1969<br />
Ron Adair 3 (1) na 1954–1958<br />
Jim Adam – 1 (0) 1964<br />
Zeljko Adzic – 1 (0) 1990<br />
Paul Agostino 18 (7) 20 (9) 1996–2005<br />
Glenn Ahearn 2 (0) 3 (0) 1981<br />
Alan Ainslie 4 (1) 4 (1) 1971–1976<br />
Danny Allsopp 3 (0) 3 (0) 2007–2009<br />
Cliff Almond 3 (0) na 1955<br />
John Aloisi 55 (27) 57 (29) 1997–2008<br />
Ross Aloisi 3 (0) 5 (0) 1994–1999<br />
Adrian Alston 39 (7) 62 (17) 1969–1977<br />
Dean Anastasiadis 1 (0) 1 (0) 2002<br />
John Anderson 5 (0) 8 (1) 1965<br />
Terry Antonis 3 (0) 3 (0) 2012<br />
Zlatko Arambasic – 1 (0) 1990<br />
Walter Ardone 1 (0) 1 (0) 1996<br />
Jim Armstrong 3 (1) 4 (2) 1970–1972<br />
Graham Arnold 56 (19) 85 (34) 1985–1997<br />
George Arthur 3 (0) na 1956<br />
Rob Austin 1 (0) na 1923<br />
Francis Awaritefe 3 (1) 3 (1) 1993–1996<br />
Ray Baartz 48 (18) 59 (21) 1967–1974<br />
Eli Babalj 2 (2) 2 (2) 2012<br />
Mark Babic 8 (0) 8 (0) 1997–1998<br />
Zeljko Babic – 2 (0) 1999<br />
Yakka Banovic 2 (0) 8 (0) 1980–1985<br />
Fabian Barbiero 1 (0) 1 (0) 2009<br />
Murray Barnes 32 (6) 51 (9) 1975–1981<br />
Graham Barnett – 1 (0) 1964<br />
Leo Baumgartner – 1 (0) 1964<br />
Stuart Baxter – 1 (0) 1979<br />
Michael Beauchamp 22 (1) 23 (1) 2006–2010<br />
Aziz Behich 5 (2) 5 (2) 2012<br />
Richard Bell 2 (0) 8 (2) 1976<br />
Col Bennett 32 (1) 55 (1) 1975–1978<br />
Andrew Bernal 13 (0) 21 (0) 1989–1996<br />
Arno Bertogna 4 (1) 13 (1) 1979–1980<br />
Brett Beves – 1 (0) 1981<br />
Bob Bignall 8 (0) na 1954–1956<br />
Paul Bilokapic 2 (0) 2 (0) 1998<br />
Matthew Bingley 14 (5) 16 (5) 1993–1997<br />
Mark Birighitti 1 (0) 1 (0) 2013<br />
Milan Blagojevic 19 (0) 31 (0) 1991–2002<br />
Steve Blair 13 (0) 24 (1) 1980–1984<br />
Con Blatsis 2 (0) 2 (0) 2000–2001<br />
Roy Blitz 6 (0) 9 (1) 1965–1968<br />
Archie Blue 10 (4) 12 (4) 1965–1968<br />
George Blues 4 (1) 16 (3) 1970–1971<br />
Ken Boden 13 (2) 25 (7) 1979–1981<br />
Clint Bolton 4 (0) 4 (0) 2000–2006<br />
David Bone 1 (0) na 1954<br />
Mark Bosnich 17 (1) 22 (1) 1990–2000<br />
Stan Bourke 3 (0) na 1924<br />
Con Boutsianis 4 (4) 4 (4) 2001<br />
Raphael Bove 1 (0) 1 (0) 1998<br />
Peter Boyle 1 (0) 1 (0) 1980<br />
Oliver Bozanic 3 (0) 3 (0) 2013–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Vic Bozanic 1 (1) 4 (2) 1980<br />
Andy Bozikas – 1 (0) 1980<br />
Vlado Bozinovski 7 (1) 10 (2) 1988–1993<br />
J Bratten 1 (1) na 1922<br />
Marco Bresciano 74 (13) 74 (13) 2001–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Mark Bridge 2 (0) 2 (0) 2008<br />
Josh Brillante 1 (0) 1 (0) 2013<br />
George Bristow 1 (0) na 1924<br />
Cec Brittain 2 (1) na 1938<br />
Alex Brosque 21 (5) 21 (5) 2004–2013<br />
Doug Brown – 5 (2) 1984<br />
George Brown 2 (1) na 1922<br />
Greg Brown 12 (1) 16 (3) 1991–1992<br />
Rod Brown 2 (0) 7 (0) 1985–1987<br />
Leigh Broxham 1 (0) 1 (0) 2008<br />
Mark Brusasco 1 (0) 3 (0) 1980<br />
Ray Bryant 4 (1) na 1936–1938<br />
Branko Buljevic 22 (7) 30 (11) 1972–1975<br />
Jacob Burns 11 (0) 13 (0) 1999–2010<br />
Nathan Burns 7 (0) 7 (0) 2007–2011<br />
Ron Burns 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Mosie Burton 1 (0) na 1923<br />
Terry Butler 2 (1) 4 (1) 1972–1975<br />
Gary Byrne 36 (1) 58 (1) 1975–1983<br />
Tim Cahill 69 (32) 70 (33) 2004–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Steve Calderan 3 (0) 5 (0) 1981–1989<br />
Andrew Callanan 2 (0) 5 (0) 1990–1991<br />
Alec Cameron 6 (6) na 1933–1936<br />
Ricardo Campagna – 1 (0) 1966<br />
Ernie Campbell 15 (3) 24 (3) 1971–1975<br />
Jim Campbell 4 (1) 7 (1) 1980–1983<br />
Jim Cant 6 (1) 14 (3) 1983–1984<br />
Pablo Cardozo 4 (1) 4 (1) 2000<br />
Nick Carle 13 (0) 13 (0) 2004–2012<br />
David Carney 47 (6) 47 (6) 2006–2013<br />
Paul Carter – 1 (0) 1985<br />
George Cartwright 10 (0) na 1922–1924<br />
Luke Casserly 8 (0) 8 (0) 1997–2001<br />
Bob Catlin – 2 (0) 1990–1993<br />
Alvin Ceccoli 6 (1) 6 (1) 1998–2006<br />
Billy Celeski 1 (0) 1 (0) 2009<br />
Scott Chipperfield 68 (12) 68 (12) 1998–2010<br />
George Christopoulos 10 (1) 13 (1) 1978–1983<br />
Todd Clarke 21 (0) 36 (0) 1975–1978<br />
Nathan Coe 3 (0) 3 (0) 2011<br />
Gary Cole 19 (17) 40 (21) 1975–1984<br />
Shannon Cole 1 (0) 1 (0) 2010<br />
Simon Colosimo 26 (3) 28 (3) 1998–2010<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
Dennis Colusso – 1 (1) 1981<br />
Rene Colusso 1 (0) 2 (0) 1975<br />
Norman Conquest 11 (0) na 1947–1950<br />
Billy Cook 7 (0) 9 (0) 1965–1967<br />
Bill Coolahan 3 (1) na 1938<br />
Dave Coote 2 (0) na 1947<br />
Steve Corica 32 (5) 41 (6) 1993–2006<br />
Robert Cornthwaite 8 (3) 8 (3) 2009–2013<br />
Ron Corry 27 (0) 33 (0) 1967–1973<br />
Angelo Costanzo 6 (1) 6 (1) 2001–2002<br />
Ante Covic 2 (0) 3 (0) 2006–2008<br />
Chris Coyne 7 (0) 7 (0) 2008–2009<br />
John Coyne 4 (0) 9 (0) 1979–1980<br />
Sean Cranney 3 (0) 3 (0) 1995–1996<br />
Oscar Crino 39 (6) 70 (12) 1981–1989<br />
Martyn Crook 9 (0) 13 (0) 1979–1983<br />
Roy Crowhurst 7 (2) na 1933–1938<br />
Jason Culina 58 (1) 58 (1) 2005–2011<br />
Dave Cumberford 3 (0) na 1922<br />
Jock Cumberford 3 (0) na 1922<br />
Tommy Cumming 4 (1) 12 (2) 1979–1980<br />
Duncan Cummings 2 (1) 4 (1) 1975–1976<br />
Jim Cunningham 8 (6) na 1947–1948<br />
Michael Curcija 2 (0) 3 (0) 1999–2000<br />
Colin Curran 22 (1) 35 (1) 1970–1979<br />
William Dane 2 (0) na 1922<br />
Reg Date 5 (8) na 1947<br />
Alan Davidson 51 (2) 76 (3) 1980–1991<br />
Ian Davidson 1 (0) na 1933<br />
Jason Davidson 7 (0) 7 (0) 2012–<strong>2014</strong><br />
John Davies 3 (0) 5 (0) 1976–1979<br />
Fausto De Amicis 13 (2) 13 (2) 1998–2002<br />
Ted De Lyster 2 (0) 4 (0) 1967<br />
Jean-Paul De Marigny 2 (0) 5 (0) 1987–1990<br />
Albert DePaoli 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Paul Degney 1 (0) 4 (0) 1979–1980<br />
Mike Denton 4 (0) 14 (6) 1970<br />
Bobby Despotovski 4 (5) 4 (5) 2002<br />
Bruce Djite 9 (0) 9 (0) 2008–2010<br />
Dino Djulbic 2 (0) 2 (0) 2012<br />
Travis Dodd 2 (1) 2 (1) 2006<br />
Steve Dolan – 1 (0) 1975<br />
Jim Donaldson 3 (1) na 1933–1936<br />
John Doyle 1 (0) 7 (2) 1970<br />
Peter Doyle 4 (0) na 1922–1923<br />
Ted Drain 2 (0) na 1947–1955<br />
Angus Drennan 3 (0) na 1948<br />
Cec Drummond 14 (0) na 1947–1950<br />
Mitchell Duke 4 (2) 4 (2) 2013<br />
Alan Duncan 2 (0) na 1948–1955<br />
Robbie Dunn 25 (2) 36 (3) 1985–1988<br />
Mehmet Durakovic 44 (4) 64 (6) 1990–2002<br />
Terry Eaton – 1 (0) 1977<br />
Alistair Edwards 19 (3) 22 (5) 1991–1997<br />
Bill Edwards 1 (1) na 1933<br />
Toddy Edwards 1 (0) na 1924<br />
Trevor Edwards – 3 (0) 1964–1966<br />
Charlie Egan 2 (0) 19 (5) 1982–1984<br />
Ahmad Elrich 17 (5) 17 (5) 2004–2006<br />
Brett Emerton 95 (20) 100 (21) 1998–2012<br />
Robert Enes 7 (0) 7 (0) 1996–1997<br />
Ian Evans 1 (0) na 1938<br />
Jack Evans 11 (0) na 1933–1938<br />
Frank Farina 37 (10) 67 (14) 1984–1995<br />
William Faulkner 1 (0) na 1924<br />
Adam Federici 8 (0) 8 (0) 2010–2013<br />
John Filan 2 (0) 3 (0) 1991–1997<br />
Alan Fisher 3 (0) na 1922<br />
Alec Forrest 3 (0) na 1936–1938<br />
Craig Foster 29 (9) 29 (9) 1996–2000<br />
Hayden Foxe 11 (2) 15 (2) 1998–2003<br />
Ivan Franjic 9 (0) 9 (0) 2012–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Tony Franken 2 (0) 14 (0) 1984–1992<br />
Jim Fraser 8 (0) 10 (0) 1973–1974<br />
Peter Fuzes 2 (0) 2 (0) 1967<br />
Eugene Galekovic 8 (0) 8 (0) 2009–2013<br />
Frank Gallen 4 (0) na 1924<br />
Richard Garcia 17 (2) 17 (2) 2008–2012<br />
Alan Garside 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Cliff Gedge 3 (0) na 1923<br />
Aytek Genc 3 (1) 4 (1) 1991–1997<br />
John Giacometti 3 (0) 4 (0) 1966–1967<br />
Sebastian Giampaolo 2 (0) 2 (0) 1978–1981<br />
Alex Gibb 7 (0) na 1922–1933<br />
Lex Gibb 8 (0) na 1938–1948<br />
Mike Gibson 1 (0) 7 (0) 1985–1989<br />
Ron Giles 3 (0) 3 (0) 1965–1967<br />
Jack Gilmour 2 (1) na 1923–1924<br />
Rudolfo Gnavi 1 (0) 1 (0) 1975<br />
Gerry Gomez – 2 (0) 1985<br />
Curtis Good 1 (0) 1 (0) <strong>2014</strong><br />
Craig Goodwin 2 (0) 2 (0) 2013<br />
Hector Gorring 1 (2) na 1933<br />
Ian Gray 14 (3) 35 (6) 1984–1992<br />
Mike Grbevski 3 (0) 4 (0) 1992<br />
Terry Greedy 16 (0) 36 (0) 1983–1985<br />
Vince Grella 46 (0) 49 (0) 1999–2010<br />
Adam Griffiths 2 (0) 2 (0) 2008<br />
Joel Griffiths 3 (1) 3 (1) 2005–2008<br />
Ryan Griffiths 5 (0) 5 (0) 2006–2008<br />
Brendan Grosse – 3 (0) 1975<br />
Glenn Gwynne 2 (0) 2 (0) 1998<br />
Ben Halloran 2 (0) 2 (0) <strong>2014</strong><br />
Troy Halpin 6 (1) 6 (1) 1998<br />
George Haniotis 1 (0) 1 (0) 1988<br />
Jim Harden 3 (0) na 1936<br />
David Harding 23 (2) 46 (11) 1974–1977<br />
George Harris 28 (0) 47 (0) 1971–1978<br />
Gary Hasler 2 (0) 2 (0) 1992<br />
Alec Heaney 4 (0) na 1947<br />
<strong><strong>OF</strong>FICIAL</strong> <strong>MEDIA</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> <strong>AT</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> <strong>BRAZIL</strong> 95
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
APPEARANCES (GOALS) CAREER SPAN<br />
A games All games All games<br />
Lou Hearne 3 (0) na 1954<br />
Dean Heffernan 2 (1) 2 (1) 2009–2010<br />
Andy Henderson 2 (0) na 1924<br />
Bill Henderson 6 (0) na 1954–1956<br />
Tony Henderson 27 (2) 50 (6) 1979–1984<br />
Alf Henwood 2 (0) na 1938<br />
Steve Herczeg 2 (0) 2 (0) 1965<br />
Clem Higgins 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Jock Hodge 4 (0) na 1948<br />
Don Hodgson – 1 (0) 1965<br />
Bobby Hogg 13 (0) 17 (0) 1972–1973<br />
Steve Hogg 4 (0) 11 (0) 1980–1981<br />
Doug Holden – 1 (0) 1966<br />
James Holland 14 (0) 14 (0) 2008–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Brett Holman 63 (9) 63 (9) 2006–2013<br />
Graham Honeyman – 1 (0) 1985<br />
Robert Hooker 20 (2) 23 (2) 1990–1998<br />
Matthew Horsley 1 (0) 1 (0) 2000<br />
Steve Horvat 31 (1) 32 (1) 1994–2002<br />
Ken Hough 4 (0) na 1948<br />
Lou Hristodoulou – 1 (0) 1993<br />
Peter Hrncir – 1 (0) 1964<br />
Jack Hughes 6 (10) na 1933–1938<br />
Pat Hughes 9 (0) 13 (0) 1965–1967<br />
Ron Hughes 8 (6) na 1947–1948<br />
Eric Hulme 6 (4) na 1950<br />
Alan Hunter 7 (0) 9 (1) 1986–1988<br />
Ian Hunter 1 (3) 4 (5) 1980<br />
Adauto Iglesias – 1 (0) 1964<br />
Ray Ilott 4 (0) 5 (0) 1975–1976<br />
Sauro Iozzelli 1 (0) 2 (0) 1975–1978<br />
Mike Ireson – 1 (0) 1965<br />
Jackson Irvine 1 (0) 1 (0) 2013<br />
Sandy Irvine 2 (0) 6 (1) 1970<br />
Lou Ivanoff – 1 (0) 1965<br />
Milan Ivanovic 59 (0) 71 (0) 1991–1998<br />
Tom Jack 11 (0) na 1950–1955<br />
Bruce James – 1 (0) 1983<br />
Scott Jamieson 4 (0) 4 (0) 2009–2012<br />
Mark Jankovics 16 (0) 34 (2) 1976–1983<br />
Karl Jaros – 1 (0) 1964<br />
Mile Jedinak 44 (4) 44 (4) 2008–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Graham Jennings 44 (0) 78 (0) 1983–1989<br />
Allan Johns 10 (6) na 1948–1950<br />
Richard Johnson 1 (0) 3 (0) 1999–2000<br />
Ian Johnston 3 (1) 3 (1) 1965<br />
George Jolevski – 3 (0) 1990<br />
Brad Jones 4 (0) 4 (0) 2007–<strong>2014</strong><br />
David Jones 5 (0) 7 (0) 1975–1980<br />
Mike Jurecki – 2 (0) 1964<br />
Ante Juric 4 (1) 4 (1) 2002<br />
Frank Juric 2 (0) 2 (0) 1995–1996<br />
Tomi Juric 3 (1) 3 (1) 2013<br />
Zeljko Kalac 54 (0) 57 (0) 1992–2006<br />
Chris Kalantzis 7 (1) 15 (1) 1985–1987<br />
Kris Kalifatidis 1 (0) 1 (0) 1978<br />
John Karaspyros 1 (0) 1 (0) 1978<br />
Peter Katholos 14 (2) 22 (3) 1981–1984<br />
Paul Kay 3 (0) 7 (4) 1980–1981<br />
Jason Kearton – 1 (0) 1992<br />
David Keddie – 2 (3) 1970<br />
George Keith 20 (0) 22 (0) 1967–1971<br />
Ross Kelly 1 (0) 1 (0) 1968<br />
Dick Kemp 3 (1) na 1947<br />
Matthew Kemp 1 (0) 1 (0) 2010<br />
Josh Kennedy 36 (17) 37 (20) 2006–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Harry Kewell 58 (17) 60 (19) 1996–2012<br />
Neil Kilkenny 15 (0) 16 (0) 2006–2012<br />
Lorenz Kindtner 1 (0) 1 (0) 1996<br />
Patrick Kisnorbo 18 (1) 18 (1) 2002–2009<br />
Colin Kitching 3 (0) na 1955–1956<br />
Fat Kitching 1 (1) na 1938<br />
Andrew Koczka 5 (0) 7 (1) 1988–1989<br />
Steve Kokoska 1 (0) 1 (0) 1978<br />
Henry Kolecki – 2 (0) 1975–1976<br />
John Kosmina 60 (25) 100 (42) 1976–1988<br />
Mark Koussas 2 (0) 3 (1) 1981<br />
Kaz Kowalec – 1 (0) 1964<br />
Eddie Krncevic 20 (4) 35 (17) 1979–1989<br />
Tony Krslovic 1 (0) 3 (0) 1990<br />
Robbie Kruse 29 (3) 29 (3) 2011–2013<br />
George Kulcsar 3 (0) 3 (0) 1996–1997<br />
Frank Laidlaw 1 (0) na 1933<br />
Arch Lambert 1 (0) na 1924<br />
Sean Lane – 1 (0) 1985<br />
Mitch Langerak 3 (0) 3 (0) 2013–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Peter Laumets 1 (0) 1 (0) 1978<br />
Bob Lawrie 10 (1) na 1948–1950<br />
Ian Lawrie – 2 (0) 1975<br />
Stephen Laybutt 15 (1) 18 (1) 1999–2004<br />
Stan Lazaridis 60 (0) 72 (0) 1993–2006<br />
Charlie Leabeater 2 (0) na 1924<br />
Ken Learmonth 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Mathew Leckie 8 (1) 8 (1) 2012–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Grant Lee 2 (0) 5 (0) 1981–1985<br />
Adrian Leijer 1 (0) 1 (0) 2008<br />
Jack Lennard 6 (1) na 1954–1956<br />
Percy Lennard 3 (2) na 1923<br />
Peter Lewis – 6 (0) 1984<br />
John Little 1 (0) 2 (0) 1981<br />
Ray Lloyd 5 (0) 7 (0) 1967–1969<br />
Dominic Longo 8 (0) 13 (0) 1992–1998<br />
Ron Lord 3 (0) na 1955–1964<br />
Frank Loughran 8 (2) na 1955–1958<br />
James Love 1 (0) na 1923<br />
Stuart Lovell 2 (0) 2 (0) 2000<br />
David Lowe 3 (0) 4 (0) 1986–1991<br />
Goran Lozanovski 9 (0) 9 (0) 1996–1998<br />
<strong><strong>OF</strong>FICIAL</strong> <strong>MEDIA</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> <strong>AT</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> <strong>BRAZIL</strong> 96
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
Massimo Luongo 1 (0) 1 (0) <strong>2014</strong><br />
Jim Mackay 31 (5) 52 (5) 1970–1975<br />
Alf Mackey 1 (0) na 1938<br />
Adrian Madaschi 5 (2) 5 (2) 2004–2009<br />
Alan Maher 22 (0) 39 (0) 1974–1981<br />
Bill Mahoney 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Jim Malloy – 1 (0) 1965<br />
Brad Maloney 6 (2) 9 (2) 1992–2000<br />
Gary Manuel 4 (0) 6 (1) 1969–1975<br />
John Markovski 18 (1) 20 (1) 1990–1998<br />
Alan Marnoch 14 (0) 14 (0) 1967–1969<br />
Gary Marocchi 10 (0) 16 (0) 1975–1978<br />
Michael Marrone 1 (1) 1 (1) 2012<br />
Ray Marshall 2 (0) na 1947–1955<br />
Joe Marston 13 (0) na 1947–1958<br />
Andrew Marth 16 (1) 21 (1) 1991–2000<br />
Aub Mascord 1 (0) na 1938<br />
Judy Masters 6 (5) na 1923–1924<br />
Jack Mather 1 (0) na 1954<br />
Bill Maunder 9 (6) na 1922–1924<br />
Henry Maunder 1 (0) na 1924<br />
Steve Mautone – 1 (0) 1994<br />
Steve Maxwell 3 (0) 4 (0) 1986–1992<br />
Jim McCabe 2 (0) na 1958<br />
John McCarthy 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Tommy McColl 19 (8) 20 (9) 1967–1969<br />
Tom McCulloch 14 (1) 36 (5) 1984–1992<br />
John McDonald 1 (0) 2 (0) 1972<br />
Scott McDonald 26 (0) 26 (0) 2006–2012<br />
Garry McDowall 16 (0) 25 (2) 1985–1988<br />
Ryan McGowan 9 (0) 9 (0) 2012–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Brent McGrath 1 (0) 1 (0) 2011<br />
Willie McGrotty – 1 (0) 1975<br />
Frank McIvor 1 (0) na 1938<br />
Jon McKain 16 (0) 16 (0) 2004–2011<br />
Matt McKay 47 (1) 47 (1) 2006–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Danny McKinnon – 2 (2) 1970<br />
Hammy McMeechan 6 (0) 7 (0) 1965–1968<br />
Graham McMillan 3 (1) na 1956<br />
Jimmy McNabb 10 (0) na 1933–1938<br />
Roy McNaughton 2 (0) na 1924<br />
Gary Meier 1 (0) 1 (0) 1978<br />
Sergio Melta 1 (0) 2 (0) 1986<br />
Gabriel Mendez 9 (0) 10 (0) 1994–2000<br />
Mike Micevski 1 (0) 6 (0) 1975<br />
Frank Micic 6 (1) 9 (1) 1964–1971<br />
Robert Middleby 5 (0) 5 (0) 2002<br />
Ljubo Milicevic 6 (0) 6 (0) 2005–2006<br />
Ante Milicic 6 (5) 6 (5) 2002–2005<br />
Jim Milisavljevic – 4 (0) 1974<br />
Scott Miller 2 (0) 2 (0) 2001<br />
Frank Millier-Smith 2 (0) na 1924<br />
Mark Milligan 29 (2) 30 (2) 2006–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Branko Milosevic 11 (1) 15 (1) 1990–1993<br />
Richard Miranda – 6 (0) 1984–1985<br />
David Mitchell 29 (11) 44 (15) 1981–1993<br />
William Mitchell 3 (0) na 1923<br />
Craig Moore 52 (3) 54 (3) 1995–2010<br />
Aaron Mooy 3 (3) 3 (3) 2012<br />
Bill Morgan 1 (0) na 1938<br />
Neville Morgan – 2 (1) 1975<br />
Damian Mori 45 (29) 49 (29) 1992–2002<br />
Ante Moric – 1 (0) 1994<br />
Bruce Morrow 5 (2) na 1956–1967<br />
Neil Morson – 1 (0) 1965<br />
Danny Moulis 1 (1) 4 (3) 1980<br />
Nik Mrdja 1 (0) 1 (0) 2007<br />
Mildo Mueller 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Jim Muir 5 (0) 6 (0) 1980<br />
Daniel Mullen 1 (0) 1 (0) 2009<br />
Joe Mullen – 2 (0) 1988<br />
Kevin Mullen 3 (0) 8 (0) 1976–1980<br />
Agenor Muniz 20 (1) 40 (2) 1975–1979<br />
Harry Murdoch 2 (0) na 1958<br />
Bill Murphy 2 (1) na 1954–1955<br />
Ken Murphy 15 (1) 40 (2) 1983–1986<br />
Shaun Murphy 18 (3) 20 (3) 1992–2001<br />
Bert Murray 1 (0) na 1933<br />
Robert Murray 2 (0) na 1947<br />
Kevin Muscat 46 (10) 51 (10) 1993–2006<br />
Zlatko Nastevski – 1 (0) 1990<br />
Lucas Neill 96 (1) 96 (1) 1996–2013<br />
Cyrill Nichols 2 (0) na 1950<br />
Mitch Nichols 4 (0) 4 (0) 2009–2013<br />
Herbert Ninaus – 2 (3) 1964<br />
Alan Niven 8 (0) 8 (0) 1981–1983<br />
Eric Norman – 1 (0) 1971<br />
Jade North 41 (0) 41 (0) 2002–2013<br />
Eric Nunn 1 (0) na 1924<br />
Gordon Nunn 11 (7) na 1948–1958<br />
George Nuttall 1 (0) 4 (0) 1965–1967<br />
Bogdan Nyskohus 3 (0) 5 (0) 1972<br />
John Nyskohus 25 (1) 47 (3) 1975–1980<br />
Charlie O'Connor 3 (0) na 1933<br />
Phil O'Connor 21 (5) 35 (6) 1976–1984<br />
Steve O'Connor 15 (0) 42 (3) 1979–1985<br />
Kevin O'Neill 12 (0) na 1950–1958<br />
John O'Shea 2 (0) 17 (0) 1978–1984<br />
Mike O'Shea – 12 (0) 1984<br />
Tommy Oar 15 (1) 15 (1) 2010–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Zarko Odzakov 13 (3) 20 (4) 1985–1987<br />
Sasa Ognenovski 22 (1) 22 (1) 2010–2013<br />
Paul Okon 28 (0) 37 (1) 1990–2003<br />
Tommy Oliver 4 (0) na 1924<br />
Scott Ollerenshaw 14 (2) 18 (2) 1987–1989<br />
Peter Ollerton 31 (15) 55 (20) 1974–1977<br />
Jeff Olver 37 (0) 51 (0) 1984–1989<br />
Con Opasinis – 3 (0) 1984<br />
John Orr 1 (0) na 1924<br />
Jimmy Osborne 7 (0) na 1933–1938<br />
<strong><strong>OF</strong>FICIAL</strong> <strong>MEDIA</strong> <strong>GUIDE</strong> <strong>OF</strong> <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> <strong>AT</strong> <strong>THE</strong> <strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> <strong>BRAZIL</strong> 97
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
APPEARANCES (GOALS) CAREER SPAN<br />
A games All games All games<br />
Ernie Owen 3 (0) na 1923–1924<br />
Theo Paap – 1 (0) 1965<br />
Erik Paartalu 2 (0) 2 (0) 2013<br />
Bill Paddocks 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Connor Pain 1 (0) 1 (0) 2013<br />
Joe Palatsides 1 (0) 1 (0) 1988<br />
Jock Parkes 6 (0) na 1933–1938<br />
Tom Parry 1 (0) na 1938<br />
Frank Parsons 7 (15) na 1948–1950<br />
Kaz Patafta – 1 (0) 2006<br />
Jim Patikas 10 (2) 27 (4) 1981–1988<br />
Jamie Paton 2 (0) 4 (0) 1980<br />
Eric Pattison – 1 (0) 1965<br />
Jim Pearson 5 (1) 8 (1) 1965<br />
Johnny Peebles 1 (0) na 1923<br />
John Perin 3 (0) 9 (0) 1969–1970<br />
Steve Perry 13 (0) 25 (0) 1978–1981<br />
Phil Peters 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Mike Petersen 32 (1) 50 (3) 1985–1992<br />
Eric Petie 1 (0) na 1938<br />
Jason Petkovic 15 (0) 16 (0) 1995–2002<br />
Michael Petkovic 6 (0) 7 (0) 1999–2008<br />
Sasho Petrovski 2 (1) 2 (1) 2001–2006<br />
John Pettigrew 4 (0) na 1955–1956<br />
Tony Pezzano – 5 (0) 1984<br />
Josip Picioane 1 (0) 3 (0) 1978–1979<br />
Ralph Piercy 2 (0) na 1955<br />
Ray Pocock – 1 (0) 1974<br />
Jason Polak 28 (2) 37 (2) 1988–1996<br />
Tom Pondeljak 6 (0) 6 (0) 2002–2009<br />
Tony Popovic 58 (8) 61 (9) 1994–2006<br />
Joel Porter 4 (5) 4 (5) 2002<br />
Angie Postecoglou 4 (0) 4 (0) 1986–1988<br />
Billy Price 3 (6) na 1936<br />
Ivo Prskalo 14 (1) 27 (1) 1979–1980<br />
Con Purser 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Gary Quested – 2 (0) 1970<br />
Alf Quill 2 (2) na 1938<br />
George Raitt 1 (0) na 1924<br />
Fred Ramsey 1 (0) na 1924<br />
Peter Raskopoulos 14 (0) 35 (2) 1980–1989<br />
David Ratcliffe 21 (1) 49 (3) 1982–1986<br />
Paul Reid 2 (0) 2 (0) 2009<br />
Rod Reid – 1 (0) 1965<br />
Jack Reilly 15 (0) 35 (0) 1970–1977<br />
Vic Reynolds – 1 (0) 1964<br />
Billy Rice 5 (0) 7 (0) 1965–1969<br />
Harry Rice 1 (0) na 1954<br />
Ray Richards 31 (5) 60 (10) 1967–1975<br />
Mendo Ristovski 2 (0) 2 (0) 1976–1978<br />
Nick Rizzo 1 (0) 1 (0) 1998<br />
Joe Rizzotto – 3 (0) 1984<br />
John Roberts 1 (0) 4 (0) 1965<br />
Alec Robertson – 8 (0) 1984<br />
Harry Robertson 9 (2) na 1950–1954<br />
Mark Robertson 1 (0) 1 (0) 2001<br />
Sid Robinson 2 (0) na 1923<br />
Jim Robison 1 (0) na 1924<br />
John Roche 4 (0) 11 (0) 1970<br />
Bill Rogers 2 (0) 4 (0) 1972–1981<br />
Tomas Rogic 9 (0) 9 (0) 2012–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Roger Romanowicz 6 (0) 10 (0) 1967–1972<br />
Jimmy Rooney 57 (3) 100 (7) 1971–1980<br />
Billy Rorke 8 (0) 9 (0) 1965–1967<br />
Aky Roth 1 (0) na 1938<br />
George Rowe 1 (0) na 1924<br />
Nikita Rukavytsya 13 (1) 13 (1) 2009–2013<br />
Norm Rule 1 (0) na 1958<br />
John Russell 1 (0) 8 (0) 1975–1979<br />
Willie Rutherford 6 (1) 6 (1) 1969<br />
Mat Ryan 7 (0) 7 (0) 2012–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Abbas Saad 4 (0) 6 (0) 1990–1998<br />
Barry Salisbury – 2 (0) 1964<br />
Cliff Sander 8 (0) na 1954–1956<br />
George Sanders 4 (2) na 1950<br />
Frank Sands 1 (0) na 1954<br />
Kristian Sarkies 2 (0) 3 (0) 2006–2008<br />
Adam Sarota 3 (0) 3 (0) 2011–2012<br />
Wally Savor 23 (0) 38 (0) 1984–1989<br />
Manfred Schaefer 49 (0) 73 (1) 1967–1974<br />
Les Scheinflug 6 (4) 11 (4) 1964–1968<br />
Mark Schwarzer 109 (0) 110 (0) 1993–2013<br />
Theo Selemidis 7 (1) 17 (1) 1980–1984<br />
Joe Senkalski 2 (0) 2 (0) 1978–1980<br />
Peter Sharne 23 (8) 40 (10) 1977–1981<br />
Vic Sharp 2 (0) na 1936<br />
Clarence Shenton 3 (0) na 1922<br />
Nigel Shepherd 9 (0) 12 (0) 1965–1967<br />
H Sherringham 2 (0) na 1924<br />
Hilton Silva – 1 (0) 1979<br />
Matt Simon 2 (0) 2 (0) 2009<br />
Roy Simpson – 1 (0) 1965<br />
Josip Skoko 51 (9) 53 (9) 1997–2007<br />
Robbie Slater 28 (1) 37 (1) 1984–1997<br />
Geoff Sleight 2 (0) 2 (0) 1965<br />
George Slifkas 1 (0) 1 (0) 1993<br />
Frank Smith 2 (0) na 1933<br />
George Smith 6 (16) na 1933–1936<br />
Jack Smith 1 (0) na 1950<br />
Matt Smith 3 (0) 3 (0) 2012<br />
Ted Smith 2 (0) na 1956<br />
Marshall Soper 5 (0) 29 (4) 1983–1986<br />
Ian Souness – 2 (0) 1979<br />
John Spanos 1 (0) 3 (1) 1980–1981<br />
Warren Spink 30 (6) 38 (9) 1988–1997<br />
Matthew Spiranovic 18 (0) 18 (0) 2008–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Joe Spiteri 8 (2) 8 (2) 1995–1998<br />
Harry Spurway 4 (0) na 1924<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
Tony Spyridakos 2 (0) 5 (0) 1990<br />
Tommy Stankovic – 1 (0) 1965<br />
Shane Stefanutto 3 (0) 3 (0) 2007–2009<br />
Mile Sterjovski 43 (8) 43 (8) 2000–2010<br />
John Stevenson 1 (0) 2 (0) 1978–1979<br />
Charlie Stewart 5 (3) na 1947–1955<br />
Darren Stewart 3 (0) 4 (0) 1992<br />
Russell Stewart – 1 (0) 1986<br />
Mita Stojanovic – 2 (0) 1964–1965<br />
Pete Stone 1 (0) na 1956<br />
Peter Stone 11 (0) 16 (0) 1976–1978<br />
Gilbert Storey 5 (0) na 1923–1924<br />
Les Suchanek 1 (0) na 1954<br />
Adam Taggart 5 (3) 5 (3) 2012–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Mark Talajic 1 (0) 1 (0) 1992<br />
Kimon Taliadoros 4 (0) 9 (2) 1990–1993<br />
Jim Tansey 20 (0) 43 (0) 1975–1981<br />
Ernie Tapai 37 (6) 52 (6) 1986–1998<br />
David Tarka 2 (0) 2 (0) 2004<br />
Fausto Tarquinio – 2 (1) 1975<br />
Jack Taylor 1 (0) na 1933<br />
Tom Tennant 1 (0) na 1933<br />
Sid Thomas 2 (0) na 1955<br />
Archie Thompson 54 (28) 55 (28) 2001–2013<br />
Matt Thompson 4 (0) 4 (0) 2009–2010<br />
Tom Thompson 8 (0) na 1922–1924<br />
Michael Thwaite 13 (0) 13 (0) 2005–2013<br />
Danny Tiatto 23 (1) 27 (1) 1995–2005<br />
Alex Tobin 87 (2) 113 (3) 1988–1999<br />
Dave Todd 6 (1) 6 (1) 1965<br />
Max Tolson 16 (4) 19 (4) 1971–1974<br />
Nikolai Topor-Stanley 3 (0) 3 (0) 2008<br />
Phil Traianedes – 1 (0) 1990<br />
Kris Trajanovski 16 (10) 16 (10) 1996–1998<br />
Robert Trajkovski 3 (0) 3 (0) 1997–1998<br />
Howard Tredinnick 1 (0) 2 (0) 1981<br />
Peter Tredinnick 3 (0) 6 (0) 1979–1983<br />
Paul Trimboli 39 (14) 46 (16) 1988–2002<br />
James Troisi 11 (1) 11 (1) 2008–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Bryan Turner 1 (0) 1 (0) 1971<br />
Doug Utjesenovic 36 (2) 61 (2) 1972–1976<br />
Ken Vairy 1 (1) na 1955<br />
Carl Valeri 50 (1) 50 (1) 2007–2012<br />
Mike Valkanis 1 (0) 1 (0) 2006<br />
Dick Van Alphen 9 (0) 10 (0) 1967–1968<br />
Cliff Van Blerk 2 (0) 3 (0) 1965–1967<br />
Jason Van Blerk 27 (1) 33 (1) 1990–2000<br />
Gary Van Egmond 9 (0) 15 (0) 1988–1990<br />
Rodrigo Vargas 2 (0) 2 (0) 2009<br />
Carl Veart 18 (7) 23 (9) 1992–2000<br />
Lou Vella 2 (0) na 1958<br />
Aurelio Vidmar 44 (17) 53 (18) 1988–2001<br />
Tony Vidmar 76 (3) 91 (3) 1991–2006<br />
Dario Vidosic 23 (2) 23 (2) 2009–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Mark Viduka 43 (11) 45 (11) 1994–2007<br />
Max Vieri 6 (0) 6 (0) 2004–2005<br />
Charlie Villani 1 (0) 5 (0) 1987<br />
Brian Vogler 3 (2) na 1956–1958<br />
Billy Vojtek 30 (6) 44 (13) 1967–1973<br />
Paul Wade 84 (10) 115 (11) 1985–1996<br />
Danny Walsh 7 (0) 8 (0) 1966–1969<br />
Dave Ward 6 (1) na 1922–1924<br />
Alwyn Warren 4 (0) na 1955–1956<br />
Johnny Warren 42 (6) 62 (10) 1965–1974<br />
John Watkiss 23 (2) 31 (4) 1965–1974<br />
Joe Watson 17 (2) 41 (2) 1979–1986<br />
Kasey Wehrman 12 (0) 14 (0) 1998–2006<br />
Bob Wemyss 2 (0) na 1958<br />
Doug Wendt 1 (0) na 1955<br />
Alan Westwater 14 (2) 16 (3) 1967–1968<br />
Robert Wheatley 5 (0) 9 (0) 1981–1990<br />
Alf White 1 (0) na 1938<br />
Jack White 3 (0) na 1923–1924<br />
Harold Whitelaw 1 (0) na 1938<br />
Malcolm Wild 2 (0) na 1954<br />
Gary Wilkins 2 (0) 4 (0) 1967<br />
Alex Wilkinson 3 (0) 3 (0) <strong>2014</strong><br />
Jim Wilkinson 7 (3) na 1936–1938<br />
Luke Wilkshire 80 (8) 80 (8) 2004–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Cecil Williams 2 (0) na 1924<br />
David Williams 2 (0) 2 (0) 2008–2010<br />
Harry Williams 20 (0) 43 (1) 1970–1977<br />
Rhys Williams 14 (0) 14 (0) 2009–2013<br />
Bill Wilson 8 (0) na 1947–1955<br />
Lindsay Wilson 2 (0) 2 (0) 2001<br />
Peter Wilson 65 (3) 116 (3) 1970–1979<br />
Greg Woodhouse 11 (0) 24 (0) 1979–1981<br />
Brett Woods 1 (0) 2 (0) 1981<br />
Matt Woods – 1 (0) 1964<br />
Max Wynn 6 (0) na 1938–1947<br />
Dennis Yaager 2 (0) 11 (0) 1970<br />
Charlie Yankos 49 (7) 86 (11) 1983–1990<br />
Bob Young 6 (0) na 1950<br />
John Yzendoorn 13 (1) 18 (1) 1979–1981<br />
Robert Zabica 27 (0) 42 (0) 1990–1994<br />
Ruben Zadkovich 3 (0) 3 (0) 2008–2013<br />
Clayton Zane 14 (6) 16 (6) 1999–2001<br />
David Zdrilic 30 (20) 30 (20) 1997–2005<br />
Ned Zelic 33 (3) 40 (5) 1991–1999<br />
David Zeman 3 (0) 3 (0) 1969<br />
Andrew Zinni 10 (3) 17 (6) 1986–1991<br />
Michael Zullo 10 (0) 10 (0) 2009–2013<br />
As at 7 June <strong>2014</strong>.<br />
Statistics exclude matches played against domestic<br />
opposition (eg. state teams) & other exhibition or purely<br />
training matches. Details for some non-A international<br />
matches played pre Federation (1963) not available [na].<br />
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CAPTAINS – a full listing of players who commenced at least one A international match as captain<br />
# Captain First starting captaincy Total<br />
1 Alex Gibb 17-06-22 v New Zealand (Dunedin) 6<br />
2 Judy Masters 07-06-24 v Canada (Brisbane) 5<br />
3 Bill Maunder 28-06-24 v Canada (Newcastle) 1<br />
4 George Smith 05-06-33 v New Zealand (Brisbane) 3<br />
5 Alec Cameron 04-07-36 v New Zealand (Dunedin) 3<br />
6 Bill Coolahan 03-09-38 v India (Sydney) 3<br />
7 Jack Evans 10-09-38 v India (Brisbane) 1<br />
8 James Osborne 24-09-38 v India (Sydney) 1<br />
9 Alec Heaney 10-05-47 v South Africa (Sydney) 2<br />
10 Reg Date 24-05-47 v South Africa (Brisbane) 3<br />
11 Cec Drummond 14-08-48 v New Zealand (Wellington) 4<br />
12 Bob Lawrie 14-06-50 v Zimbabwe (Salisbury) 6<br />
13 Tom Jack 14-08-54 v New Zealand (Melbourne) 2<br />
14 Kevin O'Neill 28-08-54 v New Zealand (Brisbane) 3<br />
15 Joe Marston 03-09-55 v South Africa (Brisbane) 4<br />
16 Bob Bignall 24-09-55 v South Africa (Sydney) 4<br />
17 Les Scheinflug 21-11-65 v Korea DPR (Phnom Penh) 3<br />
18 Pat Hughes 26-11-65 v Cambodia (Phnom Penh) 7<br />
19 Johnny Warren 05-11-67 v New Zealand (Saigon) 24<br />
20 Stan Ackerley 31-03-68 v Japan (Melbourne) 3<br />
21 Peter Wilson 11-11-71 v Israel (Brisbane) 60<br />
22 Jimmy Rooney 24-10-76 v Hong Kong (Hong Kong) 9<br />
23 Gary Marocchi 11-06-78 v Greece (Melbourne) 2<br />
24 Murray Barnes 18-06-78 v Greece (Sydney) 9<br />
25 Eddie Krncevic 26-02-80 v Papua New Guinea (Noumea) 1<br />
26 Tony Henderson 11-06-80 v Northern Ireland (Sydney) 5<br />
27 Peter Raskopoulos 30-08-81 v Indonesia (Jakarta) 2<br />
28 John Kosmina 06-10-82 v Thailand (Singapore) 25<br />
29 David Ratcliffe 23-10-85 v Chinese Taipei (Adelaide) 1<br />
30 Joe Watson 10-08-86 v Czechoslovakia (Sydney) 1<br />
31 Charlie Yankos 25-10-86 v New Zealand (Auckland) 30<br />
32 Alan Davidson 12-10-88 v New Zealand (Dunedin) 1<br />
33 Paul Wade 25-08-90 v Indonesia (Jakarta) 46<br />
34 Graham Arnold 06-06-93 v New Zealand (Melbourne) 5<br />
35 Alex Tobin 11-02-95 v Colombia (Sydney) 30<br />
36 Frank Farina 18-06-95 v Ghana (Sydney) 1<br />
37 Aurelio Vidmar 21-06-95 v Ghana (Adelaide) 7<br />
38 Paul Okon 09-10-96 v Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) 24<br />
39 Milan Ivanovic 15-02-98 v Japan (Adelaide) 1<br />
40 Craig Foster 15-02-00 v Bulgaria (Valparaiso) 1<br />
41 Zeljko Kalac 04-10-00 v Kuwait (Dubai) 2<br />
42 Kevin Muscat 09-04-01 v Tonga (Coffs Harbour) 5<br />
43 Tony Vidmar 09-06-01 v Brazil (Seoul) 6<br />
44 Steve Horvat 15-08-01 v Japan (Shikouka) 5<br />
45 Mehmet Durakovic 12-07-02 v Tahiti (Auckland) 1<br />
46 Craig Moore 18-02-04 v Venezuela (Caracas) 13<br />
47 Mark Schwarzer 21-05-04 v Turkey (Sydney) 10<br />
48 Josip Skoko 06-06-04 v Solomon Islands (Adelaide) 3<br />
49 Mark Viduka 03-08-05 v Solomon Islands (Sydney) 17<br />
50 Lucas Neill 07-10-06 v Paraguay (Brisbane) 61<br />
51 Vince Grella 14-11-06 v Ghana (London) 1<br />
52 Brett Emerton 06-02-07 v Denmark (London) 5<br />
53 Harry Kewell 22-03-08 v Singapore (Singapore) 6<br />
54 Jason Culina 03-03-10 v Indonesia (Brisbane) 1<br />
55 Matt McKay 07-12-12 v Guam (Hong Kong) 2<br />
56 Mark Milligan 20-07-13 v Korea Republic (Seoul) 2<br />
57 Mile Jedinak 05-03-14 v Ecuador (London) 2<br />
58 Tim Cahill 26-05-14 v South Africa (Sydney) 1<br />
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PLAYER RECORDS<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
TOP TEN APPEARANCES – A internationals<br />
109 Mark Schwarzer (1993–2013)<br />
96 Lucas Neill (1996–2013)<br />
95 Brett Emerton (1998–2012)<br />
87 Alex Tobin (1988–1998)<br />
84 Paul Wade (1986–1996)<br />
80 Luke Wilkshire (2004–<strong>2014</strong>)<br />
76 Tony Vidmar (1991–2006)<br />
74 Marco Bresciano (2001–<strong>2014</strong>)<br />
69 Tim Cahill (2004–<strong>2014</strong>)<br />
68 Scott Chipperfield (1998–2010)<br />
TOP TEN APPEARANCES – all internationals<br />
116 Peter Wilson (1970–1979)<br />
115 Paul Wade (1985–1996)<br />
113 Alex Tobin (1988–1999)<br />
110 Mark Schwarzer (1993–2013)<br />
100 Brett Emerton (1998–2012)<br />
100 John Kosmina (1976–1988)<br />
100 Jimmy Rooney (1971–1980)<br />
96 Lucas Neill (1996–2013)<br />
91 Tony Vidmar (1991–2006)<br />
89 Attila Abonyi (1967–1977)<br />
TOP TEN GOALSCORERS – A internationals<br />
32 Tim Cahill (2004–<strong>2014</strong>)<br />
29 Damian Mori (1992–2002)<br />
28 Archie Thompson (2001–2012)<br />
27 John Aloisi (1997–2007)<br />
25 Attila Abonyi (1967–1977)<br />
25 John Kosmina (1977–1988)<br />
20 Brett Emerton (1999–2012)<br />
20 David Zdrilic (2000–2005)<br />
19 Graham Arnold (1985–1997)<br />
18 Ray Baartz (1967–1974)<br />
TOP TEN GOALSCORERS – all internationals<br />
42 John Kosmina (1976–1988)<br />
36 Attila Abonyi (1967–1977)<br />
34 Graham Arnold (1985–1997)<br />
33 Tim Cahill (2004–<strong>2014</strong>)<br />
29 John Aloisi (1997–2007)<br />
29 Damian Mori (1992–2002)<br />
28 Archie Thompson (2001–2012)<br />
21 Ray Baartz (1967–1974)<br />
21 Gary Cole (1978–1982)<br />
21 Brett Emerton (1999–2012)<br />
TOP FIVE CLEAN SHEETS – A internationals<br />
44 Mark Schwarzer (1994–2013)<br />
24 Zeljko Kalac (1994–2006)<br />
13 Jeff Olver (1985–1988)<br />
12 Robert Zabica (1990–1993)<br />
10 Mark Bosnich (1993–2000)<br />
A clean sheet is attained when a goalkeeper plays an entire match without conceding a goal<br />
TOP FIVE CLEAN SHEETS – all internationals<br />
44 Mark Schwarzer (1994–2013)<br />
24 Zeljko Kalac (1994–2006)<br />
17 Jeff Olver (1984–1988)<br />
17 Robert Zabica (1990–1993)<br />
12 Terry Greedy (1983–1985)<br />
MOST GOALS IN A M<strong>AT</strong>CH<br />
13 Archie Thompson 11-04-2001 v American Samoa (Coffs Harbour) W31-0 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier<br />
8 David Zdrilic 11-04-2001 v American Samoa (Coffs Harbour) W31-0 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier<br />
7 Gary Cole 14-08-1981 v Fiji (Melbourne) W10-0 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier<br />
6 Frank Parsons 11-09-1948 v New Zealand (Auckland) W8-1 Friendly<br />
6 John Aloisi 09-04-2001 v Tonga (Coffs Harbour) W22-0 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier<br />
All statistics at 7 June <strong>2014</strong><br />
A internationals are matches played between <strong>FIFA</strong>-affiliated nations with no major restriction (eg. age) affecting either team’s<br />
player selection. All internationals include matches against other international opposition eg. club teams, age-restricted<br />
national teams and national teams not affiliated with <strong>FIFA</strong> at the time.<br />
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PLAYER RECORDS<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
LONGEST CAREERS – A internationals<br />
20y 038d Mark Schwarzer 31-07-93 to 07-09-13<br />
17y 041d Lucas Neill 09-10-96 to 19-11-13<br />
16y 046d Harry Kewell 23-04-96 to 08-06-12<br />
15y 243d Tony Vidmar 06-02-91 to 07-10-06<br />
14y 363d Craig Moore 21-06-95 to 19-06-10<br />
14y 306d Brett Emerton 07-02-98 to 09-12-12<br />
14y 057d Zeljko Kalac 11-08-92 to 07-10-06<br />
13y 221d Paul Trimboli 03-12-88 to 12-07-02<br />
13y 175d Stan Lazaridis 15-04-93 to 07-10-06<br />
13y 123d Steve Corica 15-04-93 to 16-08-06<br />
LONGEST CAREERS – all internationals<br />
20y 038d Mark Schwarzer 31-07-93 to 07-09-13<br />
17y 041d Lucas Neill 09-10-96 to 19-11-13<br />
16y 046d Harry Kewell 23-04-96 to 08-06-12<br />
15y 243d Tony Vidmar 06-02-91 to 07-10-06<br />
14y 363d Craig Moore 21-06-95 to 19-06-10<br />
14y 306d Brett Emerton 07-02-98 to 09-12-12<br />
14y 057d Zeljko Kalac 11-08-92 to 07-10-06<br />
13y 221d Paul Trimboli 03-12-88 to 12-07-02<br />
13y 199d Robbie Slater 31-05-84 to 16-12-97<br />
13y 186d Steve Corica 11-02-93 to 16-08-06<br />
YOUNGEST PLAYERS – A internationals<br />
17y 139d Duncan Cummings 06-08-1975 v China (Melbourne) W1-0<br />
17y 182d George Christopoulos 11-06-1978 v Greece (Melbourne) L1-2<br />
17y 214d Harry Kewell 23-04-1996 v Chile (Antofagasta) L0-3<br />
17y 284d Paul Kay 26-02-1980 v Papua New Guinea (Noumea) W11-2<br />
17y 316d Jim Patikas 30-08-1981 v Indonesia (Jakarta) L0-1<br />
OLDEST PLAYERS – A internationals<br />
40y 336d Mark Schwarzer 07-09-2013 v Brazil (Brasilia) L0-6<br />
37y 056d Milan Ivanovic 15-02-1998 v Japan (Adelaide) L0-3<br />
36y 274d Mehmet Durakovic 14-07-2002 v New Zealand (Auckland) L0-1<br />
36y 095d Tony Vidmar 07-10-2006 v Paraguay (Brisbane) D1-1<br />
35y 275d Jimmy Osborne 24-09-1938 v India (Sydney) W5-4<br />
35y 255d Lucas Neill 19-11-2013 v Costa Rica (Sydney) W1-0<br />
OLDEST DEBUTANTS – A internationals<br />
32y 032d Dean Anastasiadis 08-07-2002 v New Caledonia (Auckland) W11-0<br />
31y 358d Mike Valkanis 16-08-2006 v Kuwait (Sydney) W2-0<br />
31y 329d Ivo Prskalo 27-11-1979 v Taiwan (Taipei City) W2-0<br />
31y 283d Bill Rogers 25-04-1981 v New Zealand (Auckland) D3-3<br />
31y 228d Sasa Ognenovski 17-11-2010 v Egypt (Cairo) L0-3<br />
YOUNGEST GOALSCORERS – A internationals<br />
17y 139d Duncan Cummings 06-08-1975 v China (Melbourne) W1-0<br />
18y 166d Ian Johnston 08-12-1965 v Malaysia (Ipoh) W3-0<br />
18y 200d Ian Hunter 26-02-1980 v Papua New Guinea (Noumea) W11-2<br />
19y 061d Harry Kewell 22-11-1997 v Iran (Tehran) D1-1<br />
19y 062d David Mitchell 14-08-1981 v Fiji (Melbourne) W10-0<br />
OLDEST GOALSCORERS – A internationals<br />
36y 272d Mehmet Durakovic 12-07-2002 v Tahiti (Auckland) W2-1<br />
35y 094d Lucas Neill 11-06-2013 v Jordan (Melbourne) W4-0<br />
34y 171d Tim Cahill 26-05-<strong>2014</strong> v South Africa (Sydney)<br />
34y 100d Tony Vidmar 12-10-2004 v Solomon Islands (Sydney) W6-0<br />
34y 072d Aurelio Vidmar 16-04-2001 v Samoa (Coffs Harbour) W11-0<br />
All statistics at 7 June <strong>2014</strong><br />
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COACHES – national team coaches since Federation (1963)<br />
COACHING A INTERN<strong>AT</strong>IONALS…………. ALL INTERN<strong>AT</strong>IONALS………<br />
SPAN Matches W D L Matches W D L<br />
Graham Arnold 2006–2007 15 6 4 5 15 6 4 5<br />
Frank Arok 1983–1990 48 22 14 12 89 41 22 26<br />
Rob Baan 2007 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0<br />
Han Berger 2010 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1<br />
Raul Blanco 1996–1999 7 5 1 1 10 6 1 3<br />
Tony Boggi 1975 1 1 0 0 5 2 1 2<br />
Frank Farina 1999–2005 58 34 9 15 60 34 10 16<br />
Vic Fernandez 1992 2 1 0 1 4 2 0 2<br />
Brian Green 1975–1976 8 2 3 3 9 2 4 3<br />
Rudi Gutendorf 1979–1981 18 3 7 8 37 15 10 12<br />
Guus Hiddink 2005–2006 12 7 2 3 13 8 2 3<br />
Tiko Jelisavcic 1965 7 3 1 3 10 4 3 3<br />
Jim Kelly 1964 . 2 0 0 2<br />
John Margaritis 1985 . 2 2 0 0<br />
Joe Marston 1966 . 1 0 1 0<br />
Eddie McGeough 1965 . 1 0 0 1<br />
Holger Osieck 2010–2013 44 23 10 11 44 23 10 11<br />
Ange Postecoglou 2013–<strong>2014</strong> 4 1 1 2 4 1 1 2<br />
Rale Rasic 1970–1974 33 16 10 7 57 27 17 13<br />
Les Scheinflug 1974–1994 19 13 1 5 22 15 1 6<br />
Jim Shoulder 1976–1978 26 11 7 8 47 16 10 21<br />
Eddie Thomson 1984–1996 55 23 12 20 84 34 21 29<br />
Terry Venables 1997–1998 23 15 3 5 23 15 3 5<br />
Joe Venglos 1967 3 0 0 3 5 2 0 3<br />
Pim Verbeek 2008–2010 33 18 9 6 33 18 9 6<br />
Aurelio Vidmar 2013 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0<br />
Joe Vlasits 1967–1970 23 13 7 3 25 15 7 3<br />
Eric Worthington 1975 . 4 0 2 2<br />
As at 7 June <strong>2014</strong><br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
RECENT M<strong>AT</strong>CHES – details for all matches played since the 2010 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 SLOVENIA 2 Friendly (11-Aug-10, Ljubljana, Slovenia)<br />
Mark Schwarzer (Adam Federici 46'), Lucas Neill, David Carney, Jade North, Luke Wilkshire, Carl Valeri, Mile Jedinak<br />
(James Holland 88'), Richard Garcia, Brett Holman, Bruce Djite (Dario Vidosic 55'), Nikita Rukavytsya (Nathan Burns<br />
71'). Coach: Han Berger.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 SWITZERLAND 0 Friendly (03-Sep-10, St Gallen, Switzerland)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Matthew Spiranovic, Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton, David Carney, Luke Wilkshire, Carl Valeri (Mile<br />
Jedinak 82'), Jason Culina, Tim Cahill (Dario Vidosic 67'), Scott McDonald, Brett Holman (Tommy Oar 84'). Coach:<br />
Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2 (Brett Holman 13', Luke Wilkshire 26'pen) POLAND 1 Friendly (07-Sep-10, Krakow, Poland)<br />
Adam Federici, Jon McKain, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Luke Wilkshire, Mile Jedinak, Tim Cahill (Dario Vidosic 75'),<br />
Carl Valeri (Jason Culina 56'), Scott McDonald (Nathan Burns 81'), Richard Garcia, Brett Holman (Brett Emerton 30').<br />
Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (David Carney 53') PARAGUAY 0 Friendly (09-Oct-10, Sydney)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Jon McKain, David Carney, Mile Jedinak, Tim Cahill (Matt McKay 76'), Jade North, Luke Wilkshire,<br />
Jason Culina, Harry Kewell (Dario Vidosic 88'), Richard Garcia (Alex Brosque 90'), Josh Kennedy (Scott McDonald 61').<br />
Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 EGYPT 3 Friendly (17-Nov-10, Cairo, Egypt)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski (Jade North 66'), Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton (Richard Garcia 34'), David Carney,<br />
Mile Jedinak, Luke Wilkshire (Carl Valeri 89'), ), Jason Culina, Tim Cahill (Matt McKay 75'Scott McDonald, Brett<br />
Holman (Dario Vidosic 75'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 UNITED ARAB EMIR<strong>AT</strong>ES 0 Friendly (05-Jan-11, Al Ain City, United Arab Emirates)<br />
Brad Jones, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill (Nathan Coe 46'), David Carney, Luke Wilkshire (Jade North 46'), Matt McKay,<br />
Mile Jedinak (Neil Kilkenny 59'), Carl Valeri, Scott McDonald (Robbie Kruse 59'), Brett Holman (Tommy Oar 58'),<br />
Nathan Burns. Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 4 (Tim Cahill 11', 65', Brett Holman 47'+, Harry Kewell 72') INDIA 0 AFC Asian Cup (10-Jan-11, Doha, Qatar)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton (Nathan Burns 77'), Luke Wilkshire, David Carney, Mile<br />
Jedinak (Matt McKay 62'), Jason Culina, Tim Cahill, Harry Kewell (Scott McDonald 72'), Brett Holman. Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Mile Jedinak 62') KOREA REPUBLIC 1 AFC Asian Cup (14-Jan-11, Doha, Qatar)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton, David Carney, Tim Cahill, Mile Jedinak, Jason Culina<br />
(Carl Valeri 46'), Luke Wilkshire (Jade North 68'), Harry Kewell, Brett Holman (Matt McKay 89'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Mile Jedinak 37') BAHRAIN 0 AFC Asian Cup (18-Jan-11, Doha, Qatar)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton, Matt McKay, Mile Jedinak, Tim Cahill (Robbie Kruse 90'),<br />
Carl Valeri, Jade North (Neil Kilkenny 80'), Harry Kewell (Scott McDonald 76'), Brett Holman<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Harry Kewell 28') IRAQ 0 AFC Asian Cup - quarter final (22-Jan-11, Doha, Qatar)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, Matt McKay, David Carney (Neil Kilkenny 109'), Mile Jedinak, Tim Cahill<br />
(Scott McDonald 92'+), Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire, Harry Kewell, Brett Holman (Nathan Burns 102'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 6 (Harry Kewell 5', Sasa Ognenovski 35', David Carney 65', Brett Emerton 73', Carl Valeri 82', Robbie<br />
Kruse 83') UZBEKISTAN 0 AFC Asian Cup - semi final (25-Jan-11, Doha, Qatar)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Matt McKay, Mile Jedinak, Tim Cahill (Neil Kilkenny 71'),<br />
Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire, Harry Kewell (Robbie Kruse 53'), Brett Holman (Brett Emerton 61'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 JAPAN 1 AFC Asian Cup - final (29-Jan-11, Doha, Qatar)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Matt McKay, Mile Jedinak, Tim Cahill (Neil Kilkenny 109'),<br />
Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire, Harry Kewell (Robbie Kruse 103'), Brett Holman (Brett Emerton 65'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2 (David Carney 61', Luke Wilkshire 64'pen) GERMANY 1 Friendly (29-Mar-11, Monchengladbach, Germany)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton, David Carney, Matt McKay, Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri,<br />
Luke Wilkshire, Harry Kewell (Robbie Kruse 80'), Brett Holman (Brent McGrath 90'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 3 (Josh Kennedy 10', 59', James Troisi 94'+) NEW ZEALAND 0 Friendly (05-Jun-11, Adelaide)<br />
Nathan Coe, Jon McKain, Matthew Spiranovic, Brett Emerton (Rhys Williams 46'), Luke Wilkshire (Dario Vidosic 46'),<br />
Neil Kilkenny, Carl Valeri (Mark Milligan 65'), Michael Zullo (Matt McKay 70'), James Troisi, Brett Holman (Robbie<br />
Kruse 46'), Josh Kennedy (Alex Brosque 60'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 SERBIA 0 Friendly (07-Jun-11, Melbourne)<br />
Adam Federici, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill (Jon McKain 58'), Brett Emerton (Rhys Williams 58'), Carl Valeri, Luke<br />
Wilkshire (Dario Vidosic 58'), Matt McKay, Mile Jedinak (Neil Kilkenny 74'), Michael Zullo (James Troisi 46'), Archie<br />
Thompson (Robbie Kruse 66'), Brett Holman. Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2 (Tim Cahill 44', Robbie Kruse 60') WALES 1 Friendly (10-Aug-11, Cardiff, Wales)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Matthew Spiranovic, Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton (Rhys Williams 46'), Carl Valeri (Robbie Kruse 46'),<br />
Luke Wilkshire (James Troisi 70'), Matt McKay, Tim Cahill (Adam Sarota 83'), Neil Kilkenny, Michael Zullo (Mile<br />
Jedinak 90'), Scott McDonald. Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2 (Josh Kennedy 58', Alex Brosque 86') THAILAND 1 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (02-Sep-11, Brisbane)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Matthew Spiranovic, Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton (Alex Brosque 79'), Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire, Matt<br />
McKay, Tim Cahill (Robbie Kruse 71'), Neil Kilkenny, Brett Holman (James Troisi 91'), Josh Kennedy. Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 3 (Josh Kennedy 40', 77', Luke Wilkshire 77'pen) SAUDI ARABIA 1 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (06-Sep-11,<br />
Dammam, Saudi Arabia)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton, Matt McKay, Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire,<br />
Michael Zullo (Robbie Kruse 78'), Brett Holman (Tim Cahill 86'), Josh Kennedy (Mark Milligan 89'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 5 (Luke Wilkshire 2', Josh Kennedy 33', 45', Alex Brosque 38', 69') MALAYSIA 0 Friendly (07-Oct-11, Canberra)<br />
Adam Federici (Nathan Coe 46'), Sasa Ognenovski (Matthew Spiranovic 46'), Rhys Williams, Lucas Neill, Matt McKay,<br />
Neil Kilkenny, Carl Valeri (Adam Sarota 46'), Luke Wilkshire (Alex Brosque 46'), Michael Zullo (Robbie Kruse 61') (Mile<br />
Jedinak 68'), Josh Kennedy (James Troisi 46'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 3 (Brett Holman 8', Josh Kennedy 65', Mile Jedinak 85') OMAN 0 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (11-Oct-11, Sydney)<br />
Adam Federici, Matthew Spiranovic, Rhys Williams (Robbie Kruse 72'), Lucas Neill, Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire, Matt McKay,<br />
Mile Jedinak, Michael Zullo (Alex Brosque 87'), Brett Holman, Josh Kennedy (Neil Kilkenny 90'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 OMAN 1 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (11-Nov-11, Muscat, Oman)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Matthew Spiranovic, Rhys Williams (Brett Emerton 73'), Lucas Neill, Luke Wilkshire, Matt McKay,<br />
Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Harry Kewell (Robbie Kruse 54'), Brett Holman, Josh Kennedy. Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Brett Holman 77') THAILAND 0 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (15-Nov-11, Bangkok, Thailand)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Matthew Spiranovic, Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton, Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire, Matt McKay, Mile Jedinak<br />
(Neil Kilkenny 92'), Michael Zullo, Brett Holman (Robbie Kruse 82'), Josh Kennedy (Alex Brosque 86'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 4 (Alex Brosque 43', 75', Harry Kewell 73', Brett Emerton 76') SAUDI ARABIA 2 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier<br />
(29-Feb-12, Melbourne)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Matthew Spiranovic (David Carney 82'), Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton, Mark Milligan,<br />
Jade North, Marco Bresciano, Harry Kewell, James Troisi (Archie Thompson 63'), Alex Brosque (Nick Carle 87')<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 DENMARK 2 Friendly (02-Jun-12, Copenhagen, Denmark)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Matthew Spiranovic, Lucas Neill, Matt McKay, Mile Jedinak (David Carney 66'), Jade North, Luke<br />
Wilkshire (Tim Cahill 69'), Marco Bresciano (Neil Kilkenny 74'), Harry Kewell (Robbie Kruse 69'), Archie Thompson<br />
(Mark Milligan 66'), Alex Brosque. Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 OMAN 0 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (08-Jun-12, Muscat, Oman)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Matt McKay, Jade North, Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire<br />
(Robbie Kruse 83'), Marco Bresciano, Harry Kewell (Archie Thompson 59'), Alex Brosque. Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Luke Wilkshire 70'pen) JAPAN 1 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (12-Jun-12, Brisbane)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Jade North, Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire (Robbie Kruse<br />
92'), Matt McKay (Nikita Rukavytsya 64'), Tim Cahill, Marco Bresciano (Mark Milligan 12'), Alex Brosque. Coach:<br />
Holger Osieck.<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Marco Bresciano 18') SCOTLAND 3 Friendly (15-Aug-12, Edinburgh, Scotland)<br />
Mark Schwarzer (Adam Federici 46'), Sasa Ognenovski (Ryan McGowan 79'), Rhys Williams, Lucas Neill, David Carney<br />
(Jason Davidson 60'), Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire, Marco Bresciano (Mile Jedinak 46'), Brett Holman (Scott McDonald<br />
46'), Robbie Kruse, Alex Brosque (Archie Thompson 79'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 3 (Tim Cahill 20', Matt McKay 24', Archie Thompson 89') LEBANON 0 Friendly (06-Sep-12, Beirut, Lebanon)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, David Carney, Luke Wilkshire (Jade North 63'), Matt McKay, Marco<br />
Bresciano (Mile Jedinak 46'), Robbie Kruse (Brett Holman 63'), Tim Cahill (Archie Thompson 52'), Alex Brosque (Adam<br />
Sarota 74'), Nikita Rukavytsya (James Holland 74'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Archie Thompson 86') JORDAN 2 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (11-Sep-12, Amman, Jordan)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski (Matthew Spiranovic 14'), Lucas Neill, David Carney, Luke Wilkshire, Matt McKay,<br />
Marco Bresciano (Mile Jedinak 46'), Brett Holman (Archie Thompson 74'), Tim Cahill, Alex Brosque, Robbie Kruse.<br />
Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2 (Tim Cahill 80', Archie Thompson 84') IRAQ 1 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (16-Oct-12, Doha, Qatar)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Matthew Spiranovic, Lucas Neill, Matt McKay, Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Luke Wilkshire, Tim Cahill (James<br />
Holland 90'), Brett Holman, Alex Brosque (Archie Thompson 75'), Robbie Kruse (Tommy Oar 79'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2 (Nikita Rukavytsya 44', Robert Cornthwaite 88') KOREA REPUBLIC 1 Friendly (14-Nov-12, Hwaseong,<br />
Korea Republic)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Ryan McGowan, Robert Cornthwaite, Michael Thwaite, Lucas Neill, Tommy Oar, Carl Valeri (Aziz<br />
Behich 56'), Archie Thompson (Tomas Rogic 68'), James Holland, Nikita Rukavytsya (Eli Babalj 83'), Alex Brosque<br />
(Mathew Leckie 89'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Brett Emerton 86') HONG KONG 0 EAFF East Asian Cup Qualifier (03-Dec-12, Hong Kong, Hong Kong)<br />
Eugene Galekovic, Ivan Franjic, Robert Cornthwaite, Michael Thwaite, Matt Smith, Brett Emerton (Terry Antonis 91'),<br />
Matt McKay, Aziz Behich, Mark Milligan, Archie Thompson (Adam Taggart 71'), Richard Garcia (Tomas Rogic 82').<br />
Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Archie Thompson 4') KOREA DPR 1 EAFF East Asian Cup Qualifier (05-Dec-12, Hong Kong, Hong Kong)<br />
Mat Ryan, Ivan Franjic, Robert Cornthwaite, Michael Thwaite, Matt Smith, Brett Emerton, Matt McKay, Aziz Behich,<br />
Mark Milligan, Archie Thompson (Adam Taggart 79'), Richard Garcia (Tomas Rogic 66'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 9 (Aaron Mooy 14', Eli Babalj 22', 56', Michael Marrone 44', Archie Thompson 59', 62', 68'pen, Mark<br />
Milligan 74', Richard Garcia 86') GUAM 0 EAFF East Asian Cup Qualifier (07-Dec-12, Hong Kong, Hong Kong)<br />
Eugene Galekovic, Dino Djulbic, Michael Marrone, Matt Smith, Scott Jamieson, Mark Milligan, Aaron Mooy, Matt McKay<br />
(Richard Garcia 86'), Tomas Rogic (Aziz Behich 76'), Terry Antonis, Eli Babalj (Archie Thompson 56'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 8 (Richard Garcia 11', Robert Cornthwaite 18', Adam Taggart 20', 30', Aziz Behich 34', 57', Aaron Mooy 47')<br />
CHINESE TAIPEI 0 EAFF East Asian Cup Qualifier (09-Dec-12, Hong Kong, Hong Kong)<br />
Mat Ryan, Dino Djulbic, Ivan Franjic, Robert Cornthwaite, Michael Thwaite, Brett Emerton, Aaron Mooy, Scott<br />
Jamieson, Aziz Behich (Terry Antonis 74'), Richard Garcia (Archie Thompson 57'), Adam Taggart (Matt McKay 66').<br />
Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2 (Luke Wilkshire 45'pen, Robert Cornthwaite 54') ROMANIA 3 Friendly (06-Feb-13, Malaga, Spain)<br />
Mark Schwarzer (Adam Federici 46'), Robert Cornthwaite, Lucas Neill (Ryan McGowan 55'), Luke Wilkshire (Rhys<br />
Williams 55'), Matt McKay (Mathew Leckie 70'), Marco Bresciano (Mark Milligan 81'), Michael Zullo, James Holland,<br />
Brett Holman, Robbie Kruse, Alex Brosque (Nikita Rukavytsya 70'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2 (Tim Cahill 52', Brett Holman 85') OMAN 2 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (26-Mar-13, Sydney)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Robert Cornthwaite, Michael Thwaite, Matt McKay, Tim Cahill, Mile Jedinak, Luke Wilkshire<br />
(Tommy Oar 76'), Brett Holman, James Holland (Marco Bresciano 52'), Alex Brosque, Robbie Kruse (Archie Thompson<br />
67'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Tommy Oar 82') JAPAN 1 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (04-Jun-13, Saitama, Japan)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, Mark Milligan, Luke Wilkshire, Matt McKay, Tim Cahill, Tommy Oar,<br />
Marco Bresciano, Brett Holman (Dario Vidosic 72'), Robbie Kruse (Archie Thompson 91'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 4 (Marco Bresciano 15', Tim Cahill 61', Robbie Kruse 76', Lucas Neill 84') JORDAN 0 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup<br />
Qualifier (11-Jun-13, Melbourne)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, Mark Milligan, Luke Wilkshire, Matt McKay (Tomas Rogic 79'), Tim Cahill,<br />
Tommy Oar (Archie Thompson 60'), Marco Bresciano, Brett Holman, Robbie Kruse (Dario Vidosic 87'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Josh Kennedy 83') IRAQ 0 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup Qualifier (18-Jun-13, Sydney)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Lucas Neill, Mark Milligan, Luke Wilkshire, Matt McKay, Tim Cahill (Josh Kennedy<br />
77'), Tommy Oar, Marco Bresciano, Brett Holman (Tomas Rogic 61'), Robbie Kruse (Archie Thompson 78'). Coach:<br />
Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 KOREA REPUBLIC 0 EAFF East Asian Cup (20-Jul-13, Seoul, Korea Republic)<br />
Eugene Galekovic, Ryan McGowan, Michael Thwaite, Jade North, Mark Milligan (Erik Paartalu 46'), Ruben Zadkovich,<br />
Ivan Franjic, Matt McKay, Dario Vidosic (Mitch Nichols 75'), Archie Thompson, Mitchell Duke (Tomi Juric 89'). Coach:<br />
Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2 (Mitchell Duke 75', Tomi Juric 78') JAPAN 3 EAFF East Asian Cup (25-Jul-13, Hwaseong, Korea Republic)<br />
Eugene Galekovic, Ivan Franjic, Ryan McGowan, Michael Thwaite, Mark Milligan, Jade North, Ruben Zadkovich, Matt<br />
McKay (Craig Goodwin 88'), Dario Vidosic (Mitch Nichols 57'), Archie Thompson (Tomi Juric 75'), Mitchell Duke.<br />
Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 3 (Aaron Mooy 30', Adam Taggart 89', Mitchell Duke 93') CHINA 4 EAFF East Asian Cup (28-Jul-13, Seoul,<br />
Korea Republic)<br />
Mark Birighitti, Ryan McGowan, Robert Cornthwaite, Craig Goodwin, Joshua Brillante, Aaron Mooy, Matt McKay<br />
(Connor Pain 67'), Erik Paartalu, Mitch Nichols (Adam Taggart 74'), Mitchell Duke, Tomi Juric (Archie Thompson 88').<br />
Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 <strong>BRAZIL</strong> 6 Friendly (07-Sep-13, Brasilia, Brazil)<br />
Mark Schwarzer, Sasa Ognenovski, Ryan McGowan, Lucas Neill, Matt McKay, Mile Jedinak (Mark Milligan 64'),<br />
Tommy Oar (Archie Thompson 59'), Marco Bresciano, Brett Holman (Tomas Rogic 72'), Robbie Kruse, Josh Kennedy<br />
(Mitchell Duke 79'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 FRANCE 6 Friendly (11-Oct-13, Paris, France)<br />
Mitchell Langerak, Rhys Williams, Lucas Neill, Luke Wilkshire (Mathew Leckie 69'), David Carney (Jason Davidson 46'),<br />
Mile Jedinak, Matt McKay, Tim Cahill (Josh Kennedy 80'), Marco Bresciano, James Holland, Robbie Kruse (Nikita<br />
Rukavytsya 46'). Coach: Holger Osieck.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 3 (Josh Kennedy 1', Dario Vidosic 52', Mathew Leckie 79') CANADA 0 Friendly (15-Oct-13, London, England)<br />
Mitchell Langerak (Mat Ryan 46'), Jason Davidson, Rhys Williams (Oliver Bozanic 68'), Lucas Neill, David Carney, Matt<br />
McKay, Mile Jedinak (Jackson Irvine 83'), Marco Bresciano (Nikita Rukavytsya 68'), Dario Vidosic, James Holland, Josh<br />
Kennedy (Mathew Leckie 62'). Coach: Aurelio Vidmar.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Tim Cahill 69') COSTA RICA 0 Friendly (19-Nov-13, Sydney)<br />
Mat Ryan, Jason Davidson, Ivan Franjic, Rhys Williams (Ryan McGowan 48'), Lucas Neill, Mile Jedinak, Mark Milligan<br />
(Matt McKay 77'), Marco Bresciano (Tommy Oar 61'), Dario Vidosic (Tomas Rogic 61'), Mathew Leckie (Tim Cahill 52'),<br />
Robbie Kruse (Josh Kennedy 77'). Coach: Ange Postecoglou.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 3 (Tim Cahill 8', 31', Mile Jedinak 14'pen) ECUADOR 4 Friendly (05-Mar-14, London, England)<br />
Mat Ryan (Mitchell Langerak 46'), Matthew Spiranovic, Curtis Good (Alex Wilkinson 67'), Jason Davidson, Ivan Franjic,<br />
Mark Milligan, Mile Jedinak (Massimo Luongo 75'), Tomas Rogic (Brad Jones 60'), Mathew Leckie, Tommy Oar (Dario<br />
Vidosic 67'), Tim Cahill (Oliver Bozanic 67'). Coach: Ange Postecoglou.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 1 (Tim Cahill 14') SOUTH AFRICA 1 Friendly (26-May-14, Sydney, Australia)<br />
Mat Ryan, Alex Wilkinson, Jason Davidson, Ryan McGowan, Ivan Franjic (Ben Halloran 53'), Mark Milligan, Tommy<br />
Oar (Dario Vidosic 70'), James Holland (Oliver Bozanic 72'), Mathew Leckie (Josh Kennedy 82'), James Troisi (Matt<br />
McKay 46'), Tim Cahill (Luke Wilkshire 61'). Coach: Ange Postecoglou.<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 0 CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA 1 Friendly (06-Jun-14, Salvador, Brazil)<br />
Mat Ryan, Ivan Franjic, Alex Wilkinson, Jason Davidson, Matt Spiranovic, Mark Milligan (Matt McKay 81'), Mile<br />
Jedinak (James Holland 76'), Tommy Oar (James Troisi 81'), Dario Vidosic (Ben Halloran 55'), Mathew Leckie (Adam<br />
Taggart 86'), Tim Cahill (Marco Bresciano 67'). Coach: Ange Postecoglou.<br />
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RECENT M<strong>AT</strong>CHES – line-ups for all matches played since the 2010 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup<br />
Slovenia L0–2<br />
Switzerland D0–0<br />
Poland W2–1<br />
Paraguay W1–0<br />
Egypt L0–3<br />
UAED0–0<br />
India W4–0<br />
Korea Republic D1–1<br />
Bahrain W1–0<br />
Iraq W1–0<br />
Uzbekistan W6–0<br />
Japan L0–1<br />
Germany W2–1<br />
New Zealand W3–0<br />
Serbia D0–0<br />
Wales W2–1<br />
Thailand W2–1<br />
Saudi Arabia W3–1<br />
Malaysia W5–0<br />
Oman W3–0<br />
Oman L0–1<br />
Thailand W1–0<br />
Saudi Arabia W4–2<br />
Denmark L0–2<br />
Oman D0–0<br />
Japan D1–1<br />
• starting appearance<br />
◦ sub. appearance<br />
# goals scored<br />
Marco Bresciano<br />
• • • •<br />
Alex Brosque ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ • • •<br />
Nathan Burns ◦ ◦ • ◦ ◦<br />
Tim Cahill • • • • • • • • • • ◦ ◦ •<br />
Nick Carle<br />
◦<br />
David Carney • • • • • • • • • ◦ ◦ • •<br />
Nathan Coe ◦ • ◦<br />
Jason Culina • ◦ • • • •<br />
Bruce Djite •<br />
Brett Emerton • ◦ • • • • ◦ • • • • • • ◦ • <br />
Adam Federici ◦ • • • •<br />
Richard Garcia • • • ◦<br />
James Holland ◦<br />
Brett Holman • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • <br />
Mile Jedinak • ◦ • • • • • • • • • • ◦ • ◦ • • •<br />
Brad Jones<br />
•<br />
Josh Kennedy • • •<br />
Harry Kewell • • • • • • • •<br />
Neil Kilkenny ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ • ◦ • • • ◦ ◦ ◦<br />
Robbie Kruse ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦<br />
Scott McDonald • • ◦ • • ◦ ◦ ◦ •<br />
Brent McGrath<br />
◦<br />
Jon McKain • • • ◦<br />
Matt McKay ◦ ◦ • ◦ ◦ • • • • • ◦ • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
Mark Milligan ◦ ◦ • ◦ ◦<br />
Lucas Neill • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
Jade North • • ◦ ◦ ◦ • • • • •<br />
Tommy Oar ◦ ◦<br />
Sasa Ognenovski • • • • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
Nikita Rukavytsya • ◦<br />
Adam Sarota ◦ ◦<br />
Mark Schwarzer • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
Matthew Spiranovic • • • • ◦ • • • • •<br />
Archie Thompson • ◦ • ◦<br />
James Troisi ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ •<br />
Carl Valeri • • • ◦ • ◦ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
Dario Vidosic ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦<br />
Luke Wilkshire • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • <br />
Rhys Williams ◦ ◦ ◦ • • •<br />
Michael Zullo • • • • • • •<br />
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Matches played<br />
since the 2010 <strong>FIFA</strong><br />
World Cup (cont.)<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAM HISTORY<br />
Scotland L1–3<br />
Lebanon W3–0<br />
Jordan L1–2<br />
Iraq W2–1<br />
Korea Republic W2–1<br />
Hong Kong W1–0<br />
Korea DPR D1–1<br />
Guam W9–0<br />
Chinese Taipei W8–0<br />
Romania L2–3<br />
Oman D2–2<br />
Japan D1–1<br />
Jordan W4–0<br />
Iraq W1–0<br />
Korea Republic D0–0<br />
Japan L2–3<br />
China L3–4<br />
Brazil L0–6<br />
France L0–6<br />
Canada W3–0<br />
Costa Rica W1–0<br />
Ecuador L3–4<br />
South Africa D1–1<br />
Croatia L0-1<br />
• starting appearance<br />
◦ sub. appearance<br />
# goals scored<br />
Terry Antonis ◦ • ◦ Mark Birighitti •<br />
Eli Babalj ◦ Oliver Bozanic ◦ ◦ ◦<br />
Aziz Behich ◦ • • ◦ Joshua Brillante •<br />
Marco Bresciano • • • ◦ • • • • • • ◦<br />
Alex Brosque • • • • • • •<br />
Tim Cahill • • • • •<br />
David Carney • • • • •<br />
Robert Cornthwaite • • • •<br />
Jason Davidson ◦ ◦ • • • • •<br />
Dino Djulbic • • Mitchell Duke • ◦<br />
Brett Emerton • • Curtis Good •<br />
Adam Federici ◦ ◦ Craig Goodwin ◦ •<br />
Ivan Franjic • • • • • • • • •<br />
James Holland ◦ ◦ • • • • • • ◦<br />
Brett Holman • ◦ • • • • • • • Ben Halloran ◦ ◦<br />
Eugene Galekovic • • • •<br />
Richard Garcia • • Jackson Irvine ◦<br />
Scott Jamieson • • Brad Jones ◦<br />
Mile Jedinak ◦ ◦ ◦ • • • • • • •<br />
Tomi Juric<br />
◦ •<br />
Josh Kennedy • ◦ ◦ ◦<br />
Robbie Kruse • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
Mathew Leckie ◦ ◦ ◦ • • • •<br />
Michael Marrone Mitchell Langerak • • ◦<br />
Scott McDonald ◦ Massimo Luongo ◦<br />
Ryan McGowan ◦ • ◦ • • • • ◦ •<br />
Matt McKay • • • • • ◦ • • • • • • • • • • • ◦ ◦ ◦<br />
Mark Milligan • • ◦ • • • • • ◦ • • • •<br />
Aaron Mooy <br />
Lucas Neill • • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
Mitch Nichols<br />
◦ ◦ •<br />
Jade North ◦ • •<br />
Tommy Oar ◦ • ◦ • • • ◦ • • •<br />
Sasa Ognenovski • • • • • • •<br />
Tomas Rogic ◦ ◦ ◦ • ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ •<br />
Nikita Rukavytsya • ◦ ◦ ◦<br />
Mat Ryan • • ◦ • • • •<br />
Adam Sarota ◦ Erik Paartalu ◦ •<br />
Matt Smith • • • Connor Pain ◦<br />
Mark Schwarzer • • • • • • • • • • •<br />
Matthew Spiranovic ◦ • • •<br />
Adam Taggart ◦ ◦ ◦<br />
Archie Thompson ◦ • • ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ • • ◦ ◦<br />
Michael Thwaite • • • • • • • James Troisi • ◦<br />
Carl Valeri • • • Alex Wilkinson • •<br />
Dario Vidosic ◦ ◦ • • • ◦ ◦ •<br />
Luke Wilkshire • • • • • • • • • ◦<br />
Rhys Williams • ◦ • • •<br />
Ruben Zadkovich<br />
• •<br />
Michael Zullo<br />
•<br />
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National teams<br />
The next match played against Brazil by any Australian national team will mark the 50 th meeting between the two<br />
countries. Since first playing against each other at the <strong>FIFA</strong> Under-16 World Cup in 1987, Australia has confronted<br />
Brazil at men’s senior, under-20 and under-16/17, women’s senior and under-19/20, Futsal and Paralympic levels.<br />
Australia’s highest-profile victory against the Brazil senior team was a 1-0 win in the 2001 <strong>FIFA</strong> Confederations Cup<br />
third-place playoff, while two 0-6 drubbings for the Socceroos at the hands of Brazil (1997 Confederations Cup final,<br />
2013 international friendly) were noteworthy for the opposite reason.<br />
Other memorable Australia-Brazil clashes include:<br />
• a scoreless draw in the group stage of the 1997 Confederations Cup to deny Brazil a new all-time world record 15<br />
international wins in a row;<br />
• a 0-2 defeat for the Socceroos in the 2006 World Cup in Germany;<br />
• a final group round 3-2 win by Australia to secure first place in Group C at the 2003 <strong>FIFA</strong> Under-20 World Cup,<br />
with Ange Postecoglou coaching the Young Socceroos at the time;<br />
• draw and a loss on penalties by the Joeys against Brazil in the 1999 <strong>FIFA</strong> Under-17 World Cup final in New Zealand;<br />
• one-goal losses by Australia in all confrontations for the senior women’s side against Brazil at the Olympic Games<br />
(2000 and 2004) and World Cup (2011).<br />
Brazilian players in Australia<br />
Star players in the NSW state league in the early 1970s included Brazilian imports Hilton Silva, Agenor Muniz and Luis<br />
De Melo. All three played a role in Hakoah-Sydney City’s Championship success in the first National Soccer League<br />
(NSL) season 1977. Over the remainder of the NSL years only a handful of Brazilians played in the league, including<br />
Nelio Borges (Sydney City, Sydney Croatia and Canterbury Marrickville), Ayrton Andrioli (West Adelaide), Alex<br />
Moreira (Carlton, Northern Spirit, Adelaide City and Newcastle United), Edgar Aldrighi (Perth Glory) and Fernando<br />
Rech (Brisbane Strikers and Parramatta Power). In total, 15 Brazilian players competed in the NSL from 1977 to 2004.<br />
It has been a different story in the A-League however, with almost 40 Brazilians playing a part in the national<br />
competition in its first nine years. In terms of most appearances, the most prominent Brazilians in the A-League have<br />
been Cassio (Adelaide, 124 A-League appearances), Daniel Cortes (Wellington Phoenix, 106), Henrique (Brisbane<br />
Roar, 96) Reinaldo (Brisbane Roar, 92), and Fred (Melbourne Victory, Wellington Phoenix and Melbourne Heart 61).<br />
The highest-profile guest appearance from Brazil in the A-League was Romario (Adelaide United 2006/07 season), a<br />
World Cup winner and former <strong>FIFA</strong> World Player of the Year.<br />
Santos tours 1972–1973<br />
Brazilian club side Santos made two visits to Australia in the early 1970s, playing an Australian XI in 1972 in Sydney<br />
(2-2), and the Victorian state side in Melbourne in early 1973 (Santos won 2-0). On both tours Santos was led by Pele,<br />
regarded by many as the world’s greatest player ever.<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> Club World Cup<br />
Australian Champions of 1999, South Melbourne, travelled to Rio De Janeiro in 2000 to take part in the first <strong>FIFA</strong> Club<br />
World Cup. Coached by Ange Postecoglou, Souths put in a respectable performance, albeit without a win against<br />
Vasco Gama (Brazil), Nexaca (Mexico) or Manchester United (England).<br />
PREVIOUS VISITS TO <strong>BRAZIL</strong> BY <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>N N<strong>AT</strong>IONAL TEAMS<br />
National team Date Tour information Australia’s result<br />
Men’s senior team September 2013 Friendly L 0-6 v Brazil<br />
Women’s senior team April 1995 Havelange Tournament W 7-0 v Argentina<br />
W 6-0 v Paulo Vista<br />
L 0-3 v Brazil<br />
W 3-2 v Brazil<br />
Beach Football May 2005 <strong>FIFA</strong> Beach Soccer World Cup L 1-5 v France<br />
L 1-3 v Argentina<br />
Paralympic Nov 2007 CPISRA World Championships W 4-0 v South Africa<br />
L 0-3 v England/Wales<br />
L 0-5 v Brazil<br />
W 8-1 v Japan<br />
L 1-2 v United States<br />
W 5-0 v Canada<br />
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<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>–<strong>BRAZIL</strong> M<strong>AT</strong>CHES – all matches played between Australian and Brazilian national teams<br />
Date Aus–Bra Venue Match information<br />
MEN'S SENIOR 07-07-88 0 1 Melbourne Bicentennial Cup<br />
17-07-88 0 2 Sydney Bicentennial Cup – final<br />
20-09-88 0 3 Seoul, Korea Republic Olympic Games<br />
14-12-97 0 0 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Confederations Cup<br />
21-12-97 0 6 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Confederations Cup – final<br />
14-11-99 0 2 Sydney Friendly<br />
17-11-99 2 2 Melbourne Friendly<br />
09-06-01 1 0 Ulsan, Korea Republic Confederations Cup - 3rd place play-off<br />
18-06-06 0 2 Munich, Germany World Cup - group stage<br />
07-09-13 0 6 Brasilia, Brazil Friendly<br />
MEN'S U23 21-03-98 2 1 Sydney Friendly<br />
24-03-98 3 2 Adelaide Friendly<br />
28-03-98 2 1 Perth Friendly<br />
MEN'S U20 05-11-82 2 2 Acapulco, Mexico Friendly<br />
26-09-92 0 2 Valencia, Venezuela Friendly<br />
04-10-92 1 1 Valencia, Venezuela Friendly (4-5 pens)<br />
05-12-92 1 0 Perth Friendly<br />
09-12-92 1 2 Canberra Friendly<br />
11-12-92 0 0 Newcastle Friendly<br />
15-12-92 1 1 Sydney Friendly<br />
17-03-93 0 2 Melbourne World Cup – semi final<br />
28-06-01 0 4 Cordoba, Argentina World Cup – round of 16<br />
04-12-03 3 2 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates World Cup<br />
03-09-09 1 3 Port Said, Egypt World Cup - group stage<br />
MEN'S U17 17-07-87 1 0 Montreal, Canada World Cup – group stage<br />
12-06-89 1 3 Aberdeen, Scotland World Cup – group stage<br />
13-08-95 1 3 Portoviejo, Ecuador World Cup - quarter final<br />
12-11-99 1 2 Christchurch, New Zealand World Cup – group stage<br />
27-11-99 0 0 Auckland, New Zealand World Cup – final (7-8 pens)<br />
15-09-01 0 1 Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago World Cup – group stage<br />
08-12-08 1 4 Los Angeles, United States Friendly<br />
23-06-11 0 1 Guadalajara, Mexico World Cup - group stage<br />
WOMEN'S SENIOR 01-06-88 1 0 Jiangmen, China International Tournament<br />
14-04-95 0 3 Uberlandia, Brazil Havelange Trophy<br />
16-04-95 3 2 Uberlandia, Brazil Havelange Trophy<br />
06-06-99 1 3 Portland, United States Pre-World Cup<br />
19-09-00 1 2 Sydney Olympic Games<br />
11-08-04 0 1 Thessaloniki, Greece Olympic Games<br />
23-09-07 2 3 Tianjin, China World Cup - quarter final<br />
19-06-08 1 0 Suwon, Korea Republic Peace Cup<br />
29-06-11 0 1 Monchengladbach, Germany World Cup – group stage<br />
06-04-14 0 1 Brisbane Friendly (two match series)<br />
09-04-14 2 1 Brisbane Friendly (two match series)<br />
WOMEN'S U19/20 24-08-02 3 4 Vancouver, Canada World Cup - quarter final<br />
20-08-06 0 2 St Petersburg, Russia World Cup – group stage<br />
FUTSAL 22-11-04 0 10 Taipei City, Chinese Taipei World Cup – group stage<br />
02-02-08 0 7 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia KL World 5s Tournament<br />
PARALYMPIC 10-11-07 0 5 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Cerebral Palsy World Cup<br />
20-06-11 0 10 Hoogeveen, Netherlands CPISRA World Championships<br />
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QUALIFIC<strong>AT</strong>ION<br />
Hosts: Australia<br />
Through the 2011 AFC Asian Cup:<br />
Japan (winners),<br />
Korea Republic (3 rd place)<br />
(hosts Australia finished 2 nd )<br />
2012 AFC Challenge Cup winners:<br />
Korea DPR<br />
<strong>2014</strong> AFC Challenge Cup winners:<br />
Palestine<br />
AFC ASIAN <strong>CUP</strong> 2015 QUALIFIERS<br />
February 2013 –March <strong>2014</strong><br />
Top two from each group, plus best<br />
third-placed team (China) qualified<br />
AFC ASIAN <strong>CUP</strong> <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2015<br />
In January 2015 Australia will host the 16 th edition of the AFC Asian Cup<br />
Group B<br />
Iran 5–0 Lebanon<br />
Thailand 1–3 Kuwait<br />
Lebanon 5–2 Thailand<br />
Kuwait 1–1 Iran<br />
Lebanon 1–1 Kuwait<br />
Iran 2–1 Thailand<br />
Thailand 0–3 Iran<br />
Kuwait 0–0 Lebanon<br />
Lebanon 1–4 Iran<br />
Kuwait 3–1 Thailand<br />
Iran 3–2 Kuwait<br />
Thailand 2–5 Lebanon<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
Iran 5 1 0 18 5 16<br />
Kuwait 2 3 1 10 7 9<br />
Lebanon 2 2 2 12 14 8<br />
Thailand 0 0 6 7 21 0<br />
Group D<br />
Yemen 0–2 Bahrain<br />
Qatar 2–0 Malaysia<br />
Malaysia 2–1 Yemen<br />
Bahrain 1–0 Qatar<br />
Qatar 6–0 Yemen<br />
Malaysia 1–1 Bahrain<br />
Yemen 1–4 Qatar<br />
Bahrain 1–0 Malaysia<br />
Malaysia 0–1 Qatar<br />
Bahrain 2–0 Yemen<br />
Yemen 1–2 Malaysia<br />
Qatar 0–0 Bahrain<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
Bahrain 4 2 0 7 1 14<br />
Qatar 4 1 1 13 2 13<br />
Malaysia 2 1 3 5 7 7<br />
Yemen 0 0 6 3 18 0<br />
Group A<br />
Oman 1–0 Syria<br />
Jordan 4–0 Singapore<br />
Singapore 0–2 Oman<br />
Syria 1–1 Jordan<br />
Singapore 2–1 Syria<br />
Jordan 0–0 Oman<br />
Syria 4–0 Singapore<br />
Syria 0–1 Oman<br />
Oman 0–0 Jordan<br />
Singapore 1–3 Jordan<br />
Oman 3–1 Singapore<br />
Jordan 2–1 Syria<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
Oman 4 2 0 7 1 14<br />
Jordan 3 3 0 10 3 12<br />
Syria 1 1 4 7 7 4<br />
Singapore 1 0 5 4 17 3<br />
Group C<br />
Iraq 1–0 Indonesia<br />
Saudi Arabia 2–1 China<br />
China 1–0 Iraq<br />
Indonesia 1–2 Saudi Arabia<br />
Indonesia 1–1 China<br />
Iraq 0–2 Saudi Arabia<br />
China 1–0 Indonesia<br />
Saudi Arabia 2–1 Iraq<br />
China 0–0 Saudi Arabia<br />
Indonesia 0–2 Iraq<br />
Iraq 3–1 China<br />
Saudi Arabia 1–0 Indonesia<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
Saudi Arabia 5 1 0 9 3 16<br />
Iraq 3 0 3 7 6 9<br />
China 2 2 2 5 6 8<br />
Indonesia 0 1 5 2 8 1<br />
Group E<br />
Uzbekistan 0–0 Hong Kong<br />
Vietnam 1–2 United Arab Emirates<br />
Hong Kong 1–0 Vietnam<br />
United Arab Emirates 2–1 Uzbekistan<br />
Hong Kong 0–4 United Arab Emirates<br />
Uzbekistan 3–1 Vietnam<br />
Vietnam 0–3 Uzbekistan<br />
United Arab Emirates 4–0 Hong Kong<br />
Hong Kong 0–2 Uzbekistan<br />
United Arab Emirates 5–0 Vietnam<br />
Uzbekistan 1–1 United Arab Emirates<br />
Vietnam 3–1 Hong Kong<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
UAE 5 1 0 18 3 16<br />
Uzbekistan 3 2 1 10 4 11<br />
Hong Kong 1 1 4 2 13 4<br />
Vietnam 1 0 5 5 15 3<br />
AFC ASIAN <strong>CUP</strong> HISTORY<br />
Host<br />
Final<br />
1956 Hong Kong Korea Republic (round-robin)<br />
1960 Korea Republic Korea Republic(round-robin)<br />
1964 Israel Israel (round-robin)<br />
1968 Iran Iran (round-robin)<br />
1972 Thailand Iran 2–1 Korea Republic (AET)<br />
1976 Iran Iran 1–0 Kuwait<br />
1980 Kuwait Kuwait 3–0 South Korea<br />
1984 Singapore Saudi Arabia 2–0 China<br />
1988 Qatar Saudi Arabia 0(4p)–0(3p) Korea Rep (AET)<br />
1992 Japan Japan 1–0 Saudi Arabia<br />
1996 UAE Saudi Arabia 0(4p)–0(2p) UAE (AET)<br />
2000 Lebanon Japan 1–0 Saudi Arabia<br />
2004 China Japan 3–1 China<br />
2007 Indonesia, Malaysia, Iraq 1–0 Saudi Arabia<br />
Thailand, Vietnam<br />
2011 Qatar Japan 1–0 Australia (AET)<br />
2015 AFC ASIAN <strong>CUP</strong> QUALIFIED TEAMS<br />
Team (Ranking) Previous Asian Cups (1st)<br />
Australia (62) 2 (2007)<br />
Bahrain (110) 4 (1988)<br />
China (103) 10 (1976)<br />
Iran (43) 12 (1968)<br />
Iraq (104) 7 (1972)<br />
Japan (46) 7 (1988)<br />
Jordan (63) 2 (2004)<br />
Korea DPR (146) 3 (1980)<br />
Korea Republic (57) 12 (1956)<br />
Kuwait (115) 9 (1972)<br />
Oman (79) 2 (2004)<br />
Palestine (94) 0 (2015)<br />
Qatar (100) 8 (1980)<br />
Saudi Arabia (90) 8 (1984)<br />
United Arab Emirates (72) 8 (1980)<br />
Uzbekistan (59) 5 (1996)<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> ranking as at June <strong>2014</strong><br />
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AFC ASIAN <strong>CUP</strong> <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2015 – SCHEDULE<br />
GROUP STAGE<br />
Group A<br />
Group B<br />
Group C<br />
Group D<br />
Australia<br />
Korea Republic<br />
Oman<br />
Kuwait<br />
Uzbekistan<br />
Saudi Arabia<br />
China<br />
Korea DPR<br />
Iran<br />
United Arab Emirates<br />
Qatar<br />
Bahrain<br />
Japan<br />
Jordan<br />
Iraq<br />
Palestine<br />
Australia – Kuwait<br />
09-Jan (20:00) Melbourne<br />
Uzbekistan – Korea DPR<br />
10-Jan (18:00) Sydney<br />
UAE – Qatar<br />
11-Jan (18:00) Canberra<br />
Japan – Palestine<br />
12-Jan (18:00) Newcastle<br />
Korea Republic – Oman<br />
10-Jan (16:00) Canberra<br />
Saudi Arabia – China<br />
10-Jan (19:00) Brisbane<br />
Iran – Bahrain<br />
11-Jan (20:00) Melbourne<br />
Jordan – Iraq<br />
12-Jan (19:00) Brisbane<br />
Kuwait – Korea Republic<br />
13-Jan (18:00) Canberra<br />
Korea DPR – Saudi Arabia<br />
14-Jan (18:00) Melbourne<br />
Bahrain – UAE<br />
15-Jan (18:00) Canberra<br />
Palestine – Jordan<br />
16-Jan (18:00) Melbourne<br />
Oman – Australia<br />
13-Jan (20:00) Sydney<br />
China – Uzbekistan<br />
14-Jan (19:00) Brisbane<br />
Qatar – Iran<br />
15-Jan (20:00) Sydney<br />
Iraq – Japan<br />
16-Jan (19:00) Brisbane<br />
Australia – Korea Republic<br />
17-Jan (19:00) Brisbane<br />
Uzbekistan – Saudi Arabia<br />
18-Jan (20:00) Melbourne<br />
Iran – UAE<br />
19-Jan (19:00) Brisbane<br />
Japan – Jordan<br />
20-Jan (20:00) Melbourne<br />
Oman – Kuwait<br />
17-Jan (20:00) Newcastle<br />
China – Korea DPR<br />
18-Jan (20:00) Canberra<br />
Qatar – Bahrain<br />
19-Jan (20:00) Sydney<br />
Iraq – Palestine<br />
20-Jan (20:00) Canberra<br />
Quarter-finals<br />
Winner Group A – Runner-up Group B<br />
22-Jan (18:30) Melbourne [QF1]<br />
Winner Group B – Runner-up Group A<br />
22-Jan (20:30) Brisbane [QF2]<br />
Winner Group C – Runner-up Group D<br />
23-Jan (17:30) Canberra [QF3]<br />
Winner Group D – Runner-up Group C<br />
23-Jan (20:30) Sydney [QF4]<br />
KNOCK-OUT STAGE<br />
Semi-finals<br />
Winner QF1 – Winner QF3<br />
26-Jan (20:00) Sydney [SF1]<br />
Winner QF2 – Winner QF4<br />
27-Jan (20:00) Newcastle [SF2]<br />
Third place match<br />
Loser SF1 – Loser SF2<br />
30-Jan (20:00) Newcastle<br />
Final<br />
Winner SF1 – Winner SF2<br />
31-Jan (20:00) Sydney<br />
Local times shown. Brisbane one<br />
hour behind all other host cities.<br />
AFC ASIAN <strong>CUP</strong> <strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 2015 – VENUES<br />
Sydney<br />
Stadium<br />
Australia<br />
Capacity: 83,500<br />
Matches: 7<br />
Melbourne<br />
Melbourne<br />
Rectangular Stadium<br />
Capacity: 30,050<br />
Matches: 7<br />
Brisbane<br />
Brisbane<br />
Stadium<br />
Capacity: 52,500<br />
Matches: 7<br />
Canberra<br />
Canberra<br />
Stadium<br />
Capacity: 25,011<br />
Matches: 7<br />
Newcastle<br />
Newcastle<br />
Stadium<br />
Capacity: 33,000<br />
Matches: 4<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong>’S RECORD IN AFC ASIAN <strong>CUP</strong> FINALS<br />
2007 (Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam)<br />
Group stage Oman (in Bangkok) D 1–1<br />
Iraq (Bangkok) L 1–3<br />
Thailand (Bangkok) W 4–0<br />
Quarter final Japan (Hanoi) D 1–1 AET<br />
lop 3–4<br />
2011 (Qatar) all matches in Doha<br />
Group stage India W 4–0<br />
Korea Republic D 1–1<br />
Bahrain W 1–0<br />
Quarter final Iraq W 1–0<br />
Semi final Uzbekistan W 6–0<br />
Final Japan L 0–1 AET<br />
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<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> HISTORY<br />
The world's first international football match was<br />
played in Glasgow in 1872 between Scotland and<br />
England. The first international tournament, the British<br />
Home Championship, took place in 1884.<br />
As football began to increase in popularity in other<br />
parts of the world, it was held as a demonstration<br />
sport at the 1900 and 1904 Olympics. At the 1908<br />
London Olympics – four years after <strong>FIFA</strong> was founded –<br />
football became an official competition. Great Britain<br />
won the first gold medal.<br />
In 1914, <strong>FIFA</strong> agreed to recognise the Olympic<br />
tournament as an official world football championship.<br />
This paved the way for the world's first<br />
intercontinental football competition, at the 1920<br />
Olympics, won by Belgium. Uruguay won the next two<br />
Olympic tournaments in 1924 and 1928.<br />
Due to the success of the Olympic tournaments, <strong>FIFA</strong><br />
decided to stage and organise its own world<br />
championship. <strong>FIFA</strong> named Uruguay – the winners of<br />
the previous two football world championships – as<br />
the host country of the inaugural <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup<br />
tournament in 1930. Uruguay defeated Argentina in<br />
the final to be the first nation to win the World Cup.<br />
Due to the difficulties in travelling before World War 2,<br />
only a small number of nations outside of the host<br />
continent took part in the first three <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cups<br />
1930, 1934 and 1938.<br />
Following the World War 2, the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup<br />
resumed in Brazil in 1950, where Uruguay won it again<br />
by defeating the host nation in front of 200,000 people<br />
at Rio De Janeiro's Maracana Stadium.<br />
Returning to Europe, the 1954 tournament in<br />
Switzerland was the first to feature 16 teams, and with<br />
140 goals scored in 26 games, it holds the record for<br />
most average goals per game (5.4).<br />
Brazil commenced a long phase of <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup<br />
dominance in 1958, easily defeating host nation Sweden<br />
in the final. World Cup championship success for Brazil<br />
continued in 1962 (held in Chile) and 1970 (Mexico).<br />
Meanwhile the 1966 <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup in England<br />
witnessed a spectacular success for the host nation, a<br />
Geoff Hurst hat-trick helping the English to a 4-2 final<br />
win over West Germany at Wembly.<br />
After unsuccessfully attempting to qualify for the 1966<br />
and 1970 finals, Australia qualified for its first <strong>FIFA</strong><br />
World Cup in 1974. Losses to host nation and eventual<br />
1974 Champions West Germany, and strong<br />
neighbours East Germany, were followed by a<br />
scoreless draw with Chile, allowing the Aussies to<br />
return home with a respectable record.<br />
It was Argentina's turn to celebrate in 1978, as the<br />
South Americans hosted and won the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup.<br />
The Netherlands were the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup final losers<br />
for the second successive tournament.<br />
In 1982 the tournament expanded to 24 teams, with<br />
Spain hosting and Italy winning its second <strong>FIFA</strong> World<br />
Cup final. West Germany lost its second <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup<br />
final in a row in Mexico in 1986, when Diego Maradona<br />
inspired Argentina to its second World Cup triumph in<br />
eight years. The West Germans gained revenge at Italia<br />
'90, with the 1-0 win over Argentina in the final being<br />
the last match played by West Germany, as the unified<br />
German team competed from 1994.<br />
The first <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup played outside of Europe or<br />
South America took place in 1994 when the USA<br />
hosted a successful tournament. Brazil won the first<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup final to go to penalties.<br />
By 1998 the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup finals had increased to 32<br />
participants, and it was France who became the first<br />
team since Argentina twenty years earlier to take out a<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup final for the first time.<br />
Amazingly it took until 2002 for the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup's<br />
two most successful teams to play each other for the<br />
first time in any <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup match, Brazil defeating<br />
Germany 2-0 in the final of the tournament held jointly<br />
by Japan and South Korea.<br />
Australia returned to <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup action in<br />
Germany in 2006, the Socceroos gloriously qualifying<br />
for the Round of 16 where the Aussies were undone by<br />
eventual Champions Italy.<br />
In 2010 the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup went to Africa for the first<br />
time, where Australia failed to make the group stage in<br />
South Africa after finishing third on goal difference.<br />
The <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup returns to Brazil in <strong>2014</strong>, the<br />
twentieth edition of the tournament. Russia will host<br />
the <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup in 2018 followed by Qatar in 2022.<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> PARTICIPANTS by confederation<br />
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 <strong>2014</strong><br />
Europe 4 12 12 6 12 12 10 10 9 9 10 14 14 14 13 15 15 14 13 13<br />
South America 7 2 1 5 2 3 5 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 5 6<br />
Other America 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 4<br />
Africa – 1 – – – – – – 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 5 5 5 6 5<br />
Asia – – 1 – 1 – – 1 1 – 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4<br />
Oceania – – – – – – – – – 1 – 1 – – – – – 1 1 –<br />
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<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong>S 1930–2010<br />
Edition Host Final Teams Games Goals Goals/game<br />
1930 Uruguay Uruguay 4-2 Argentina 13 18 70 3.9<br />
1934 Italy Italy 2-1 Czechoslovakia (AET) 16 17 70 4.1<br />
1938 France Italy 4-2 Hungary 15 18 84 4.7<br />
1950 Brazil Uruguay 2-1 Brazil (title-decider) 13 22 88 4.0<br />
1954 Switzerland West Germany 3-2 Hungary 16 26 140 5.4<br />
1958 Sweden Brazil 5-2 Sweden 16 35 126 3.6<br />
1962 Chile Brazil 3-1 Czechoslovakia 16 32 89 2.8<br />
1966 England England 4-2 West Germany (AET) 16 32 89 2.8<br />
1970 Mexico Brazil 4-1 Italy 16 32 95 3.0<br />
1974 Germany West Germany 2-1 Netherlands 16 38 97 2.6<br />
1978 Argentina Argentina 3-1 Netherlands (AET) 16 38 102 2.7<br />
1982 Spain Italy 3-1 West Germany 24 52 146 2.8<br />
1986 Mexico Argentina 3-2 West Germany 24 52 132 2.5<br />
1990 Italy West Germany 1-0 Argentina 24 52 115 2.2<br />
1994 USA Brazil 0(3p)-0(2p) Italy (AET) 24 52 141 2.7<br />
1998 France France 3-0 Brazil 32 64 171 2.7<br />
2002 Korea/Japan Brazil 2-0 Germany 32 64 161 2.5<br />
2006 Germany Italy 1(5p)-1(3p) France 32 64 147 2.3<br />
2010 South Africa Spain 1-0 Netherlands 32 64 145 2.3<br />
ALL GAMES 772 2208 2.9<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup winners 1930–2010<br />
Brazil 5<br />
Italy 4<br />
(West) Germany 3<br />
Argentina 2<br />
Uruguay 2<br />
England 1<br />
France 1<br />
Spain 1<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup runners-up 1930–2010<br />
(West) Germany 4<br />
Netherlands 3<br />
Argentina 2<br />
Brazil 2<br />
Czechoslovakia 2<br />
Hungary 2<br />
Italy 2<br />
France 1<br />
Sweden 1<br />
Most <strong>FIFA</strong> World Cup appearances 1930–<strong>2014</strong><br />
Brazil 20<br />
(West) Germany 18<br />
Italy 18<br />
Argentina 16<br />
Mexico 15<br />
Most matches played: 99<br />
(West) Germany (1930–2010)<br />
Most goals scored: 210<br />
Brazil (1930–2010)<br />
Most goals scored in one tournament: 27<br />
Hungary (1954)<br />
Biggest winning margin: 9<br />
Hungary W9-0 v Korea Republic 1954<br />
Yugoslavia W9-0 v Zaire 1974<br />
Hungary W10-1 v El Salvador 1982<br />
Most goals scored in a match (team): 10<br />
Hungary W10-1 v El Salvador 1982<br />
Most goals scored in a match: 12<br />
Austria 7-5 Switzerland 1954<br />
Most tournaments played: 5<br />
Antonio Carbajal (Mexico 1950–1966)<br />
Lothar Matthäus (Germany 1982–1998)<br />
Most championships: 3<br />
Pelé (Brazil 1958, 1962, 1970)<br />
Youngest player: 17y 41d<br />
Norman Whiteside (N.Ireland v Yugoslavia 1982)<br />
Oldest player: 42y 39d<br />
Roger Milla (Cameroon v Russia 1994)<br />
Most goals scored, overall: 15<br />
Ronaldo (Brazil 1998–2006)<br />
Most goals scored, one tournament: 13<br />
Just Fontaine (France 1958)<br />
Most goals scored in a match: 5<br />
Oleg Salenko (Russia W6-1 v Cameroon 1994)<br />
Goalkeeper most clean sheets: 10<br />
Peter Shilton (England 1982–1990)<br />
Fabien Barthez (France 1998–2006)<br />
Longest time without conceding: 517 mins<br />
Walter Zenga (Italy 1990)<br />
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EUROPE (UEFA) 13 places<br />
Group A<br />
Belgium 1–1 Wales<br />
Serbia 5–1 FYR Macedonia<br />
Scotland 2–0 Croatia<br />
Wales 1–0 FYR Macedonia<br />
Croatia 1–2 Belgium<br />
FYR Macedonia 1–2 Scotland<br />
Wales 0–3 Serbia<br />
Serbia 1–1 Croatia<br />
Scotland 0–2 Belgium<br />
FYR Macedonia 2–1 Wales<br />
Belgium 2–1 Serbia<br />
Croatia 0–1 Scotland<br />
Belgium 1–0 FYR Macedonia<br />
Serbia 2–0 Scotland<br />
Wales 1–2 Croatia<br />
FYR Macedonia 0–2 Belgium<br />
Scotland 1–2 Wales<br />
Croatia 2–0 Serbia<br />
Belgium 2–0 Scotland<br />
FYR Macedonia 1–0 Serbia<br />
Croatia 2–0 Wales<br />
FYR Macedonia 1–2 Croatia<br />
Serbia 0–3 Belgium<br />
Wales 2–1 Scotland<br />
Belgium 1–1 Croatia<br />
Serbia 6–1 Wales<br />
Scotland 1–1 FYR Macedonia<br />
Scotland 0–0 Serbia<br />
Croatia 1–0 FYR Macedonia<br />
Wales 0–2 Belgium<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
BELGIUM 8 2 0 18 4 26<br />
CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA 5 2 3 12 9 17<br />
Serbia 4 2 4 18 11 14<br />
Scotland 3 2 5 8 12 11<br />
Wales 3 1 6 9 20 10<br />
Macedonia 2 1 7 7 16 7<br />
Group B<br />
Bulgaria 0–1 Czech Republic<br />
Italy 2–2 Armenia<br />
Denmark 6–0 Malta<br />
Denmark 2–2 Italy<br />
Malta 1–4 Czech Republic<br />
Armenia 2–1 Bulgaria<br />
Italy 2–1 Czech Republic<br />
Armenia 0–1 Denmark<br />
Malta 1–2 Bulgaria<br />
Italy 1–0 Bulgaria<br />
Malta 1–2 Denmark<br />
Czech Republic 1–2 Armenia<br />
Denmark 0–4 Armenia<br />
Czech Republic 0–0 Italy<br />
Armenia 0–1 Malta<br />
Malta 0–2 Italy<br />
Denmark 1–1 Bulgaria<br />
Armenia 0–3 Czech Republic<br />
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Czech Republic 0–3 Denmark<br />
Bulgaria 6–0 Malta<br />
Italy 3–1 Denmark<br />
Czech Republic 0–0 Bulgaria<br />
Bulgaria 1–1 Denmark<br />
Armenia 1–3 Italy<br />
Czech Republic 3–1 Malta<br />
Bulgaria 1–0 Armenia<br />
Italy 2–0 Malta<br />
Denmark 0–0 Czech Republic<br />
Bulgaria 2–2 Italy<br />
Malta 0–1 Armenia<br />
ITALY 6 4 0 19 9 24<br />
Denmark 4 4 2 17 12 16<br />
Czech Republic 4 3 3 13 9 15<br />
Bulgaria 3 4 3 14 9 13<br />
Armenia 4 1 5 12 13 13<br />
Malta 1 0 9 5 28 3<br />
Group C<br />
Sweden 3–5 Germany<br />
Republic of Ireland 3–1 Kazakhstan<br />
Faroe Islands 0–3 Austria<br />
Germany 3–0 Republic of Ireland<br />
Sweden 2–1 Austria<br />
Faroe Islands 1–1 Kazakhstan<br />
Kazakhstan 0–1 Sweden<br />
Austria 1–0 Republic of Ireland<br />
Faroe Islands 0–3 Germany<br />
Kazakhstan 2–1 Faroe Islands<br />
Germany 3–0 Austria<br />
Republic of Ireland 1–2 Sweden<br />
Sweden 2–0 Faroe Islands<br />
Austria 2–1 Sweden<br />
Republic of Ireland 3–0 Faroe Islands<br />
Germany 4–1 Kazakhstan<br />
Republic of Ireland 2–2 Austria<br />
Kazakhstan 0–3 Germany<br />
Sweden 0–0 Republic of Ireland<br />
Austria 6–0 Faroe Islands<br />
Germany 4–4 Sweden<br />
Austria 4–0 Kazakhstan<br />
Faroe Islands 1–4 Republic of Ireland<br />
Kazakhstan 0–0 Austria<br />
Republic of Ireland 1–6 Germany<br />
Faroe Islands 1–2 Sweden<br />
Austria 1–2 Germany<br />
Sweden 2–0 Kazakhstan<br />
Kazakhstan 1–2 Republic of Ireland<br />
Germany 3–0 Faroe Islands<br />
GERMANY 9 1 0 36 10 28<br />
SWEDEN 6 2 2 19 14 20<br />
Austria 5 2 3 20 10 17<br />
Ireland 4 2 4 16 17 14<br />
Kazakhstan 1 2 7 6 21 5<br />
Faroe Islands 0 1 9 4 29 1<br />
Group D<br />
Romania 2–0 Estonia<br />
Turkey 0–2 Netherlands<br />
Hungary 2–0 Andorra<br />
Estonia 0–2 Turkey<br />
Netherlands 8–1 Hungary<br />
Andorra 0–4 Romania<br />
Romania 0–2 Turkey<br />
Hungary 5–1 Estonia<br />
Andorra 0–2 Netherlands<br />
Estonia 2–2 Netherlands<br />
Turkey 5–0 Andorra<br />
Romania 3–0 Hungary<br />
Netherlands 4–0 Romania<br />
Turkey 1–1 Hungary<br />
Estonia 2–0 Andorra<br />
Netherlands 3–0 Estonia<br />
Hungary 2–2 Romania<br />
Andorra 0–2 Turkey<br />
Romania 1–4 Netherlands<br />
Hungary 3–1 Turkey<br />
Andorra 0–1 Estonia<br />
Estonia 0–1 Hungary<br />
Turkey 0–1 Romania<br />
Netherlands 3–0 Andorra<br />
Turkey 3–0 Estonia<br />
Romania 4–0 Andorra<br />
Hungary 1–4 Netherlands<br />
Estonia 0–2 Romania<br />
Netherlands 2–0 Turkey<br />
Andorra 0–5 Hungary<br />
NE<strong>THE</strong>RLANDS 9 1 0 34 5 28<br />
ROMANIA 6 1 3 19 12 19<br />
Hungary 5 2 3 21 20 17<br />
Turkey 5 1 4 16 9 16<br />
Estonia 2 1 7 6 20 7<br />
Andorra 0 0 10 0 30 0<br />
Group E<br />
Switzerland 1–0 Slovenia<br />
Norway 1–1 Iceland<br />
Cyprus 0–0 Albania<br />
Slovenia 3–0 Norway<br />
Albania 1–2 Switzerland<br />
Iceland 2–0 Cyprus<br />
Cyprus 0–2 Slovenia<br />
Norway 0–2 Switzerland<br />
Iceland 2–1 Albania<br />
Switzerland 4–4 Iceland<br />
Slovenia 1–0 Albania<br />
Norway 2–0 Cyprus<br />
Switzerland 1–0 Cyprus<br />
Albania 1–1 Norway<br />
Iceland 2–4 Slovenia<br />
Cyprus 0–0 Switzerland<br />
Norway 0–1 Albania<br />
Slovenia 1–2 Iceland<br />
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EUROPE (UEFA) continued<br />
Cyprus 1–3 Norway<br />
Albania 1–0 Slovenia<br />
Iceland 0–2 Switzerland<br />
Slovenia 2–1 Cyprus<br />
Switzerland 1–1 Norway<br />
Albania 1–2 Iceland<br />
Switzerland 2–0 Albania<br />
Cyprus 1–0 Iceland<br />
Norway 2–1 Slovenia<br />
Slovenia 0–2 Switzerland<br />
Albania 3–1 Cyprus<br />
Iceland 2–0 Norway<br />
SWITZERLAND 7 3 0 17 6 24<br />
ICELAND 5 2 3 17 15 17<br />
Slovenia 5 0 5 14 11 15<br />
Norway 3 3 4 10 13 12<br />
Albania 3 2 5 9 11 11<br />
Cyprus 1 2 7 4 15 5<br />
Group F<br />
Azerbaijan 1–1 Russia<br />
Israel 1–1 Northern Ireland<br />
Portugal 3–0 Luxembourg<br />
Azerbaijan 2–0 Northern Ireland<br />
Portugal 1–1 Israel<br />
Luxembourg 0–4 Russia<br />
Luxembourg 3–2 Northern Ireland<br />
Russia 3–1 Israel<br />
Israel 1–1 Azerbaijan<br />
Northern Ireland 2–4 Portugal<br />
Russia 4–1 Luxembourg<br />
Northern Ireland 1–0 Russia<br />
Azerbaijan 1–1 Luxembourg<br />
Portugal 1–0 Russia<br />
Azerbaijan 0–2 Portugal<br />
Northern Ireland 0–2 Israel<br />
Luxembourg 0–0 Azerbaijan<br />
Israel 3–3 Portugal<br />
Northern Ireland 1–1 Azerbaijan<br />
Portugal 1–1 Northern Ireland<br />
Russia 1–0 Azerbaijan<br />
Israel 3–0 Luxembourg<br />
Luxembourg 0–6 Israel<br />
Russia 1–0 Portugal<br />
Portugal 3–0 Azerbaijan<br />
Israel 0–4 Russia<br />
Northern Ireland 1–1 Luxembourg<br />
Azerbaijan 1–1 Israel<br />
Luxembourg 1–2 Portugal<br />
Russia 2–0 Northern Ireland<br />
RUSSIA 7 1 2 20 5 22<br />
PORTUGAL 6 3 1 20 9 21<br />
Israel 3 5 2 19 14 14<br />
Azerbaijan 1 6 3 7 11 9<br />
Nthn Ireland 1 4 5 9 17 7<br />
Luxembourg 1 3 6 7 26 6<br />
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Group G<br />
Latvia 2–2 Slovakia<br />
Lithuania 0–1 Bosnia & Herzegovina<br />
Greece 2–0 Liechtenstein<br />
Greece 1–0 Slovakia<br />
Bosnia & Herzegovina 4–1 Liechtenstein<br />
Lithuania 2–0 Latvia<br />
Greece 1–0 Latvia<br />
Slovakia 1–2 Bosnia & Herzegovina<br />
Lithuania 2–0 Liechtenstein<br />
Latvia 2–1 Lithuania<br />
Liechtenstein 0–1 Greece<br />
Bosnia & Herzegovina 0–1 Slovakia<br />
Lithuania 0–1 Greece<br />
Liechtenstein 1–1 Slovakia<br />
Latvia 0–5 Bosnia & Herzegovina<br />
Bosnia & Herzegovina 3–1 Greece<br />
Slovakia 1–1 Lithuania<br />
Liechtenstein 1–1 Latvia<br />
Slovakia 0–1 Greece<br />
Latvia 2–0 Liechtenstein<br />
Bosnia & Herzegovina 3–0 Lithuania<br />
Greece 0–0 Bosnia & Herzegovina<br />
Slovakia 2–1 Latvia<br />
Liechtenstein 0–2 Lithuania<br />
Greece 2–0 Lithuania<br />
Slovakia 2–0 Liechtenstein<br />
Bosnia & Herzegovina 4–1 Latvia<br />
Latvia 1–2 Greece<br />
Lithuania 1–1 Slovakia<br />
Liechtenstein 1–8 Bosnia & Herzegovina<br />
BOSNIA/HERZ. 8 1 1 30 6 25<br />
GREECE 8 1 1 12 4 25<br />
Slovakia 3 4 3 11 10 13<br />
Lithuania 3 2 5 9 11 11<br />
Latvia 2 2 6 10 20 8<br />
Liechtenstein 0 2 8 4 25 2<br />
Group H<br />
Montenegro 2–5 Moldova<br />
San Marino 0–8 Ukraine<br />
England 2–0 Poland<br />
Ukraine 1–0 Poland<br />
England 4–1 Montenegro<br />
Moldova 3–0 San Marino<br />
Ukraine 0–0 England<br />
San Marino 1–5 Poland<br />
Ukraine 9–0 San Marino<br />
Poland 1–1 Montenegro<br />
England 4–0 Moldova<br />
Moldova 1–1 Poland<br />
Montenegro 0–4 Ukraine<br />
Ukraine 2–1 Moldova<br />
Montenegro 1–1 England<br />
Poland 5–0 San Marino<br />
Moldova 0–1 Montenegro<br />
San Marino 0–8 England<br />
Poland 1–3 Ukraine<br />
Montenegro 3–0 San Marino<br />
Poland 1–1 England<br />
Ukraine 0–1 Montenegro<br />
San Marino 0–2 Moldova<br />
Moldova 0–0 Ukraine<br />
England 5–0 San Marino<br />
Poland 2–0 Moldova<br />
San Marino 0–6 Montenegro<br />
England 1–1 Ukraine<br />
Moldova 0–5 England<br />
Montenegro 2–2 Poland<br />
ENGLAND 6 4 0 31 4 22<br />
UKRAINE 6 3 1 28 4 21<br />
Montenegro 4 3 3 18 17 15<br />
Poland 3 4 3 18 12 13<br />
Moldova 3 2 5 12 17 11<br />
San Marino 0 0 10 1 54 0<br />
Group I<br />
Spain 2–0 Georgia<br />
France 3–0 Finland<br />
Spain 2–1 Belarus<br />
Belarus 2–4 France<br />
Georgia 0–1 Finland<br />
Georgia 0–0 France<br />
Finland 0–2 Spain<br />
Belarus 1–1 Finland<br />
Finland 1–0 Belarus<br />
France 0–1 Spain<br />
France 3–1 Georgia<br />
Spain 1–1 Finland<br />
Spain 1–1 France<br />
Belarus 2–0 Georgia<br />
Belarus 0–4 Spain<br />
Finland 1–1 Georgia<br />
Georgia 0–1 Spain<br />
France 3–1 Belarus<br />
Finland 0–1 France<br />
Georgia 1–0 Belarus<br />
SPAIN 6 2 0 14 3 20<br />
France 5 2 1 15 6 17<br />
Finland 2 3 3 5 9 9<br />
Georgia 1 2 5 3 10 5<br />
Belarus 1 1 6 7 16 4<br />
ROUND 2<br />
Ukraine 2–0 France<br />
France 3–0 Ukraine<br />
FRANCE win on aggregate 3–2<br />
Greece 3–1 Romania<br />
Romania 1–1 Greece<br />
GREECE win on aggregate 4–2<br />
Portugal 1–0 Sweden<br />
Sweden 2–3 Portugal<br />
PORTUGAL win on aggregate 4–2<br />
Iceland 0–0 Croatia<br />
Croatia 2–0 Iceland<br />
CRO<strong>AT</strong>IA win on aggregate 2–0<br />
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SOUTH AMERICA (CONMEBOL) 4.5 places, plus host Brazil<br />
Uruguay 3–2 Argentina<br />
Peru 1–1 Bolivia<br />
Paraguay 1–2 Colombia<br />
Chile 2–1 Ecuador<br />
Argentina 3–1 Peru<br />
Venezuela 1–1 Paraguay<br />
Ecuador 1–0 Uruguay<br />
Colombia 3–3 Chile<br />
Paraguay 2–5 Argentina<br />
Venezuela 3–2 Peru<br />
Uruguay 2–0 Colombia<br />
Bolivia 1–1 Ecuador<br />
Peru 1–2 Uruguay<br />
Chile 3–0 Venezuela<br />
Paraguay 4–0 Bolivia<br />
Colombia 1–0 Ecuador<br />
Chile 3–1 Bolivia<br />
Venezuela 0–1 Uruguay<br />
Ecuador 1–1 Argentina<br />
Colombia 2–0 Peru<br />
Peru 1–0 Ecuador<br />
Paraguay 1–2 Chile<br />
Argentina 0–0 Colombia<br />
Bolivia 1–1 Venezuela<br />
Chile 2–0 Uruguay<br />
Venezuela 1–0 Colombia<br />
Ecuador 4–1 Paraguay<br />
Bolivia 1–1 Argentina<br />
Peru 1–0 Chile<br />
Argentina 3–0 Venezuela<br />
Uruguay 1–1 Paraguay<br />
Colombia 5–0 Bolivia<br />
Chile 1–2 Argentina<br />
Paraguay 1–0 Peru<br />
Venezuela 1–1 Ecuador<br />
Bolivia 4–1 Uruguay<br />
Argentina 3–0 Uruguay<br />
Ecuador 3–1 Chile<br />
Bolivia 1–1 Peru<br />
Colombia 2–0 Paraguay<br />
Peru 1–1 Argentina<br />
Paraguay 0–2 Venezuela<br />
Uruguay 1–1 Ecuador<br />
Chile 1–3 Colombia<br />
Peru 2–1 Venezuela<br />
Argentina 3–1 Paraguay<br />
Ecuador 1–0 Bolivia<br />
Colombia 4–0 Uruguay<br />
Ecuador 1–0 Colombia<br />
Uruguay 4–2 Peru<br />
Venezuela 0–2 Chile<br />
Bolivia 3–1 Paraguay<br />
Peru 0–1 Colombia<br />
Argentina 4–0 Ecuador<br />
Bolivia 0–2 Chile<br />
Uruguay 1–1 Venezuela<br />
Venezuela 1–0 Bolivia<br />
Chile 2–0 Paraguay<br />
Colombia 1–2 Argentina<br />
Ecuador 2–0 Peru<br />
Paraguay 2–1 Ecuador<br />
Uruguay 4–0 Chile<br />
Colombia 1–1 Venezuela<br />
Argentina 1–1 Bolivia<br />
Venezuela 1–0 Argentina<br />
Chile 4–2 Peru<br />
Paraguay 1–1 Uruguay<br />
Bolivia 1–2 Colombia<br />
Peru 2–0 Paraguay<br />
Argentina 4–1 Chile<br />
Uruguay 4–2 Bolivia<br />
Ecuador 2–0 Venezuela<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
ARGENTINA 9 5 2 35 15 32<br />
COLOMBIA 9 3 4 27 13 30<br />
CHILE 9 1 6 29 25 28<br />
ECUADOR 7 4 5 20 16 25<br />
URUGUAY 7 4 5 25 25 25<br />
Venezuela 5 5 6 14 20 20<br />
Peru 4 3 9 17 26 15<br />
Bolivia 2 6 8 17 30 12<br />
Paraguay 3 3 10 17 31 12<br />
AFRICA (CAF) 5 places<br />
ROUND 1<br />
Chad 1–2 Tanzania<br />
Tanzania 0–1 Chad<br />
Tanzania win on away goals rule<br />
Comoros 0–1 Mozambique<br />
Mozambique 4–1 Comoros<br />
Mozambique win on aggregate 5–1<br />
Djibouti 0–4 Namibia<br />
Namibia 4–0 Djibouti<br />
Namibia win on aggregate 8–0<br />
Equatorial Guinea 2–0 Madagascar<br />
Madagascar 2–1 Equatorial Guinea<br />
Equatorial Guinea win on aggregate 3–2<br />
Eritrea 1–1 Rwanda<br />
Rwanda 3–1 Eritrea<br />
Rwanda win on aggregate 4–2<br />
Guinea-Bissau 1–1 Togo<br />
Togo 1–0 Guinea-Bissau<br />
Togo win on aggregate 2–1<br />
Lesotho 1–0 Burundi<br />
Burundi 2–2 Lesotho<br />
Lesotho win on aggregate 3–2<br />
Sao Tome e Principe 0–5 Congo<br />
Congo 1–1 Sao Tome e Principe<br />
Congo win on aggregate 6–1<br />
Seychelles 0–3 Kenya<br />
Kenya 4–0 Seychelles<br />
Kenya win on aggregate 7–0<br />
Somalia 0–0 Ethiopia<br />
Ethiopia 5–0 Somalia<br />
Ethiopia win on aggregate 5–0<br />
Swaziland 1–3 Congo DR<br />
Congo DR 5–1 Swaziland<br />
Congo DR win on aggregate 8–2<br />
ROUND 2<br />
Group A<br />
South Africa 4–1 Botswana<br />
Central African Rep. 1–2 Ethiopia<br />
Ethiopia 2–1 South Africa<br />
Botswana 3–2 Central African Rep.<br />
Botswana 3–0 Ethiopia<br />
Central African Rep.0–3 South Africa<br />
Ethiopia 1–0 Botswana<br />
South Africa 2–0 Central African Rep.<br />
Ethiopia 2–0 Central African Rep.<br />
Botswana 1–1 South Africa<br />
South Africa 1–1 Ethiopia<br />
Central African Rep.2–0 Botswana<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
ETHIOPIA 4 1 1 8 6 13<br />
South Africa 3 2 1 12 5 11<br />
Botswana 2 1 3 8 10 7<br />
Central Afr.Rep. 1 0 5 5 12 3<br />
Group B<br />
Tunisia 3–0 Cape Verde Is<br />
Sierra Leone 3–2 Equatorial Guinea<br />
Equatorial Guinea 1–1 Tunisia<br />
Cape Verde Is 1–0 Sierra Leone<br />
Cape Verde Is 3–0 Equatorial Guinea<br />
Sierra Leone 2–2 Tunisia<br />
Equatorial Guinea 0–3 Cape Verde Is<br />
Tunisia 2–1 Sierra Leone<br />
Equatorial Guinea 2–2 Sierra Leone<br />
Cape Verde Is 1–2 Tunisia<br />
Tunisia 3–1 Equatorial Guinea<br />
Sierra Leone 2–1 Cape Verde Is<br />
TUNISIA 4 2 0 13 6 14<br />
Cape Verde Is 3 0 3 9 7 9<br />
Sierra Leone 2 2 2 10 10 8<br />
Equat. Guinea 0 2 4 6 15 2<br />
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Group C<br />
Côte d'Ivoire 1–1 Morocco<br />
Gambia 2–0 Tanzania<br />
Tanzania 2–4 Côte d'Ivoire<br />
Morocco 2–0 Gambia<br />
Morocco 2–1 Tanzania<br />
Gambia 0–3 Côte d'Ivoire<br />
Tanzania 3–1 Morocco<br />
Côte d'Ivoire 3–0 Gambia<br />
Tanzania 2–1 Gambia<br />
Morocco 2–2 Côte d'Ivoire<br />
Côte d'Ivoire 2–0 Tanzania<br />
Gambia 1–1 Morocco<br />
COTE D’IVOIRE 4 2 0 15 5 14<br />
Morocco 2 3 1 9 8 9<br />
Tanzania 2 0 4 8 12 6<br />
Gambia 1 1 4 4 11 4<br />
Group D<br />
Sudan 1–3 Lesotho<br />
Ghana 2–1 Zambia<br />
Lesotho 0–2 Ghana<br />
Zambia 1–1 Sudan<br />
Zambia 4–0 Lesotho<br />
Sudan 1–3 Ghana<br />
Ghana 4–0 Sudan<br />
Lesotho 1–1 Zambia<br />
Lesotho 0–0 Sudan<br />
Zambia 1–0 Ghana<br />
Sudan 0–3 Zambia<br />
Ghana 7–0 Lesotho<br />
GHANA 5 0 1 18 3 15<br />
Zambia 3 2 1 11 4 11<br />
Lesotho 1 2 3 4 16 5<br />
Sudan 0 2 4 4 14 2<br />
Group E<br />
Niger 2–2 Congo<br />
Burkina Faso 1–0 Gabon<br />
Gabon 4–1 Niger<br />
Congo 0–1 Burkina Faso<br />
Niger 0–1 Burkina Faso<br />
Gabon 0–0 Congo<br />
Burkina Faso 4–0 Niger<br />
Congo 1–0 Gabon<br />
Gabon 1–0 Burkina Faso<br />
Congo 1–0 Niger<br />
Niger 3–0 Gabon<br />
Burkina Faso 0–3 Congo<br />
BURKINA FASO 4 0 2 7 4 12<br />
Congo. 3 2 1 7 3 11<br />
Gabon 2 1 3 5 6 7<br />
Niger 1 1 4 6 12 4<br />
Group F<br />
Kenya 1–0 Namibia<br />
Nigeria 2–0 Malawi<br />
Namibia 1–1 Nigeria<br />
Malawi 2–2 Kenya<br />
Kenya 0–1 Nigeria<br />
Malawi 0–0 Namibia<br />
Namibia 0–1 Malawi<br />
Nigeria 1–1 Kenya<br />
Namibia 1–0 Kenya<br />
Malawi 1–1 Nigeria<br />
Nigeria 1–0 Namibia<br />
Kenya 0–0 Malawi<br />
NIGERIA 3 3 0 7 3 12<br />
Malawi 1 4 1 4 5 7<br />
Kenya 1 3 2 4 5 6<br />
Namibia 1 2 3 2 4 5<br />
Group G<br />
Egypt 4–2 Guinea<br />
Zimbabwe 1–1 Mozambique<br />
Guinea 1–0 Zimbabwe<br />
Mozambique 0–1 Egypt<br />
Guinea 6–1 Mozambique<br />
Zimbabwe 2–4 Egypt<br />
Egypt 2–1 Zimbabwe<br />
Mozambique 0–0 Guinea<br />
Guinea 2–3 Egypt<br />
Mozambique 0–0 Zimbabwe<br />
Zimbabwe 0–1 Guinea<br />
Egypt 2–0 Mozambique<br />
EGYPT 6 0 0 16 7 18<br />
Guinea 3 1 2 12 8 10<br />
Mozambique 0 3 3 2 10 3<br />
Zimbabwe 0 2 4 4 9 2<br />
Group H<br />
Algeria 1–0 Mali<br />
Benin 2–0 Rwanda<br />
Mali 2–2 Benin<br />
Rwanda 0–1 Algeria<br />
Mali 1–1 Rwanda<br />
Benin 1–3 Algeria<br />
Algeria 3–1 Benin<br />
Rwanda 1–2 Mali<br />
Mali 2–1 Algeria<br />
Rwanda 1–1 Benin<br />
Benin 1–0 Mali<br />
Algeria 4–0 Rwanda<br />
ALGERIA 5 0 1 13 4 15<br />
Mali 2 2 2 7 7 8<br />
Benin 2 2 2 8 9 8<br />
Rwanda 0 2 4 3 11 2<br />
Group I<br />
Cameroon 1–0 Libya<br />
Togo 2–1 Congo DR<br />
Congo DR 0–0 Cameroon<br />
Libya 2–0 Togo<br />
Togo 0–3 Cameroon<br />
Libya 0–0 Congo DR<br />
Congo DR 0–0 Libya<br />
Cameroon 2–1 Togo<br />
Libya 2–1 Cameroon<br />
Congo DR 2–0 Togo<br />
Togo 1–1 Libya<br />
Cameroon 1–0 Congo DR<br />
CAMEROON 4 1 1 8 3 13<br />
Libya 2 3 1 5 3 9<br />
Congo DR 1 3 2 3 3 6<br />
Togo 1 1 4 4 11 4<br />
Group J<br />
Senegal 1–0 Uganda<br />
Angola 3–0 Liberia<br />
Liberia 0–2 Senegal<br />
Uganda 2–1 Angola<br />
Uganda 1–0 Liberia<br />
Angola 1–1 Senegal<br />
Liberia 2–0 Uganda<br />
Senegal 1–1 Angola<br />
Liberia 0–0 Angola<br />
Uganda 1–1 Senegal<br />
Angola 1–1 Uganda<br />
Senegal 3–1 Liberia<br />
SENEGAL 3 3 0 9 4 12<br />
Uganda 2 2 2 5 6 8<br />
Angola 1 4 1 8 6 7<br />
Liberia 1 1 4 4 10 4<br />
ROUND 3<br />
Burkina Faso 3–2 Algeria<br />
Algeria 1–0 Burkina Faso<br />
ALGERIA win on away goals rule<br />
Côte d'Ivoire 3–1 Senegal<br />
Senegal 1–1 Côte d'Ivoire<br />
COTE D’IVOIRE win on aggregate 4–2<br />
Ethiopia 1–2 Nigeria<br />
Nigeria 2–0 Ethiopia<br />
NIGERIA win on aggregate 4–1<br />
Ghana 6–1 Egypt<br />
Egypt 2–1 Ghana<br />
GHANA win on aggregate 7–3<br />
Tunisia 0–0 Cameroon<br />
Cameroon 4–1 Tunisia<br />
CAMEROON win on aggregate 4–1<br />
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ROUND 1<br />
Anguilla 0–2 Dominican Republic<br />
Dominican Republic 4–0 Anguilla<br />
Dominican Rep. win on aggregate 6–0<br />
Aruba 4–2 St Lucia<br />
St Lucia 4–2 Aruba<br />
St Lucia win on penalties 5–4<br />
Montserrat 2–5 Belize<br />
Belize 3–1 Montserrat<br />
Belize win on aggregate 8–3<br />
Turks and Caicos Islands 0–4 Bahamas<br />
Bahamas 6–0 Turks and Caicos Islands<br />
Bahamas win on aggregate 10–0<br />
US Virgin Is 2–0 British Virgin Is<br />
British Virgin Is 1–2 US Virgin Is<br />
US Virgin Islands win on aggregate 4–1<br />
ROUND 2<br />
Group A<br />
El Salvador 4–0 Suriname<br />
Cayman Islands 1–1 Dominican Republic<br />
Suriname 1–3 El Salvador<br />
Dominican Republic 4–0 Cayman Islands<br />
El Salvador 4–0 Cayman Islands<br />
Suriname 1–3 Dominican Republic<br />
Cayman Islands 0–1 Suriname<br />
Dominican Republic 1–2 El Salvador<br />
Cayman Islands 1–4 El Salvador<br />
Dominican Republic 1–1 Suriname<br />
El Salvador 3–2 Dominican Republic<br />
Suriname 1–0 Cayman Islands<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
EL SALVADOR 6 0 0 20 5 18<br />
Dominican Rep. 2 2 2 12 8 8<br />
Suriname 2 1 3 5 11 7<br />
Cayman Islands 0 1 5 2 15 1<br />
Group B<br />
Trinidad and Tobago 3–0 Guyana<br />
Barbados 1–2 Bermuda<br />
Guyana 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago<br />
Bermuda 2–1 Barbados<br />
Bermuda 1–1 Guyana<br />
Trinidad and Tobago 4–0 Barbados<br />
Bermuda 2–1 Trinidad and Tobago<br />
Barbados 0–2 Guyana<br />
Guyana 2–1 Bermuda<br />
Barbados 0–2 Trinidad and Tobago<br />
Guyana 2–0 Barbados<br />
Trinidad and Tobago 1–0 Bermuda<br />
GUYANA 4 1 1 9 5 13<br />
Trinidad & Tob. 4 0 2 11 4 12<br />
Bermuda 3 1 2 8 7 10<br />
Barbados 0 0 6 2 14 0<br />
Group C<br />
Panama 3–0 Dominica<br />
Nicaragua 1–0 Dominica<br />
Panama 5–1 Nicaragua<br />
Dominica 0–5 Panama<br />
Nicaragua 1–2 Panama<br />
Dominica 0–2 Nicaragua<br />
PANAMA 4 0 0 15 2 12<br />
Nicaragua 2 0 2 5 7 6<br />
Dominica 0 0 4 0 11 0<br />
Group D<br />
Canada 4–0 St Kitts & Nevis<br />
Puerto Rico 3–0 St Lucia<br />
St Lucia 0–4 Puerto Rico<br />
St Kitts &Nevis 0–0 Canada<br />
St Kitts &Nevis 1–1 St Lucia<br />
Canada 0–0 Puerto Rico<br />
Puerto Rico 1–1 St Kitts &Nevis<br />
St Lucia 0–7 Canada<br />
Puerto Rico 0–3 Canada<br />
St Lucia 2–4 St Kitts &Nevis<br />
Canada 4–1 St Lucia<br />
St Kitts &Nevis 0–0 Puerto Rico<br />
CANADA 4 2 0 18 1 14<br />
Puerto Rico 2 3 1 8 4 9<br />
St Kitts & Nevis 1 4 1 6 8 7<br />
St Lucia 0 1 5 4 23 1<br />
Group E<br />
St Vincent & Grenadines 0–2 Belize<br />
Grenada 1–4 Guatemala<br />
Guatemala 3–0 Grenada<br />
Belize 1–1 St Vincent & Grenadines<br />
Grenada 1–1 St Vincent & Grenadines<br />
Guatemala 3–1 Belize<br />
Belize 1–4 Grenada<br />
St Vincent & Grenadines 0–3 Guatemala<br />
St Vincent & Grenadines 2–1 Grenada<br />
Belize 1–2 Guatemala<br />
Guatemala 4–0 St Vincent & Grenadines<br />
Grenada 0–3 Belize<br />
GU<strong>AT</strong>EMALA 6 0 0 19 3 18<br />
Belize 2 1 3 9 10 7<br />
St Vincent & Gr. 1 2 3 4 12 5<br />
Grenada 1 1 4 7 14 4<br />
Group F<br />
Curacao 6–1 US Virgin Is<br />
Haiti 2–1 Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Antigua and Barbuda 1–0 Haiti<br />
US Virgin Islands 0–3 Curacao<br />
Antigua and Barbuda 10–0 US Virgin Is<br />
Haiti 2–2 Curacao<br />
Curacao 0–3 Antigua and Barbuda<br />
US Virgin Is 0–7 Haiti<br />
Curacao 2–4 Haiti<br />
US Virgin Is 1–8 Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Antigua and Barbuda 5–2 Curacao<br />
Haiti 6–0 US Virgin Is<br />
ANTIGUA/BARB. 5 0 1 26 5 15<br />
Haiti 4 1 1 21 6 13<br />
Curaçao 2 1 3 15 13 7<br />
US Virgin Islands 0 0 6 2 40 0<br />
ROUND 3<br />
Group A<br />
Jamaica 4–1 Antigua and Barbuda<br />
USA 3–1 Guatemala<br />
Guatemala 2–1 Jamaica<br />
Antigua and Barbuda 1–2 USA<br />
USA 1–0 Jamaica<br />
Antigua and Barbuda 0–1 Guatemala<br />
Guatemala 3–1 Antigua and Barbuda<br />
Jamaica 2–1 USA<br />
Guatemala 1–1 USA<br />
Antigua and Barbuda 0–0 Jamaica<br />
Jamaica 2–1 Guatemala<br />
USA 3–1 Antigua and Barbuda<br />
UNITED ST<strong>AT</strong>ES 4 1 1 11 6 13<br />
JAMAICA 3 1 2 9 6 10<br />
Guatemala 3 1 2 9 8 10<br />
Antigua & Barb. 0 1 5 4 13 1<br />
Group B<br />
Mexico 2–0 El Salvador<br />
Costa Rica 7–0 Guyana<br />
Guyana 0–5 Mexico<br />
El Salvador 0–1 Costa Rica<br />
Mexico 1–0 Costa Rica<br />
Guyana 2–3 El Salvador<br />
Costa Rica 0–2 Mexico<br />
El Salvador 2–2 Guyana<br />
Guyana 0–4 Costa Rica<br />
El Salvador 1–2 Mexico<br />
Costa Rica 2–2 El Salvador<br />
Mexico 3–1 Guyana<br />
MEXICO 6 0 0 15 2 18<br />
COSTA RICA 3 1 2 14 5 10<br />
El Salvador 1 2 3 8 11 5<br />
Guyana 0 1 5 5 24 1<br />
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Group C<br />
Cuba 1–1 Panama<br />
Honduras 8–1 Canada<br />
Panama 0–0 Honduras<br />
Canada 3–0 Cuba<br />
Panama 2–0 Canada<br />
Honduras 1–0 Cuba<br />
Canada 1–0 Panama<br />
Cuba 0–3 Honduras<br />
Panama 1–0 Cuba<br />
Canada 0–0 Honduras<br />
Honduras 0–2 Panama<br />
Cuba 0–1 Canada<br />
HONDURAS 3 2 1 12 3 11<br />
PANAMA 3 2 1 6 2 11<br />
Canada 3 1 2 6 10 10<br />
Cuba 0 1 5 1 10 1<br />
ROUND 4<br />
Jamaica 2–2 Honduras<br />
Panama 2–3 USA<br />
Costa Rica 2–1 Mexico<br />
Mexico 2–1 Panama<br />
USA 2–0 Jamaica<br />
Honduras 1–0 Costa Rica<br />
USA 2–0 Mexico<br />
Honduras 2–2 Panama<br />
Jamaica 1–1 Costa Rica<br />
Panama 0–0 Jamaica<br />
Mexico 1–2 Honduras<br />
Costa Rica 3–1 USA<br />
Costa Rica 2–0 Panama<br />
USA 1–0 Honduras<br />
USA 2–0 Panama<br />
Mexico 0–0 Costa Rica<br />
Honduras 2–0 Jamaica<br />
Panama 0–0 Mexico<br />
Jamaica 1–2 USA<br />
Costa Rica 1–0 Honduras<br />
Jamaica 0–1 Mexico<br />
Panama 2–0 Honduras<br />
Mexico 0–0 USA<br />
Costa Rica 2–0 Jamaica<br />
Jamaica 1–1 Panama<br />
USA 1–0 Costa Rica<br />
Honduras 2–2 Mexico<br />
Panama 2–2 Costa Rica<br />
Mexico 0–0 Jamaica<br />
Honduras 2–1 USA<br />
UNITED ST<strong>AT</strong>ES 7 1 2 15 8 22<br />
COSTA RICA 5 3 2 13 7 18<br />
HONDURAS 4 3 3 13 12 15<br />
MEXICO 2 5 3 7 9 11<br />
Panama 1 5 4 10 14 8<br />
Jamaica 0 5 5 5 13 5<br />
OCEANIA (<strong>OF</strong>C) 0.5 places<br />
ROUND 1<br />
Samoa 1–0 American Samoa<br />
Tonga 2–1 Cook Islands<br />
Samoa 1–1 Tonga<br />
American Samoa 1–1 Cook Islands<br />
Cook Islands 2–3 Samoa<br />
American Samoa 2–1 Tonga<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
SAMOA 2 1 0 5 3 7<br />
Tonga 1 1 1 4 4 4<br />
American Samoa 1 1 1 3 3 4<br />
Cook Islands 0 1 2 4 6 1<br />
ROUND 2<br />
Group A<br />
Tahiti 4–1 Vanuatu<br />
New Caledonia 9–0 Samoa<br />
Tahiti 4–3 New Caledonia<br />
Vanuatu 5–0 Samoa<br />
Vanuatu 2–5 New Caledonia<br />
Samoa 1–10 Tahiti<br />
TAHITI 3 0 0 18 5 9<br />
NEW CALEDONIA 2 0 1 17 6 6<br />
Vanuatu 1 0 2 8 9 3<br />
Samoa 0 0 3 1 24 0<br />
Group B<br />
New Zealand 1–1 Solomon Islands<br />
Papua New Guinea 1–1 Fiji<br />
Fiji 0–0 Solomon Islands<br />
Papua New Guinea 1–2 New Zealand<br />
Solomon Islands 1–0 Papua New Guinea<br />
Fiji 0–1 New Zealand<br />
NEW ZEALAND 2 1 0 4 2 7<br />
SOLOMON IS 1 2 0 2 1 5<br />
Fiji 0 2 1 1 2 2<br />
Papua New Guinea0 1 2 2 4 1<br />
Semi-finals<br />
New Zealand 0–2 New Caledonia<br />
Tahiti 1–0 Solomon Islands<br />
Match for third place<br />
Solomon Islands 3–4 New Zealand<br />
Final<br />
Tahiti 1–0 New Caledonia<br />
ROUND 3<br />
New Caledonia 1–0 Tahiti<br />
Solomon Islands 0–2 New Zealand<br />
Tahiti 2–0 Solomon Islands<br />
New Zealand 2–1 New Caledonia<br />
New Zealand 3–0 Tahiti<br />
New Caledonia 5–0 Solomon Islands<br />
Tahiti 0–2 New Zealand<br />
Solomon Islands 2–6 New Caledonia<br />
Tahiti 0–4 New Caledonia<br />
New Zealand 6–1 Solomon Islands<br />
New Caledonia 0–2 New Zealand<br />
Solomon Islands 2–0 Tahiti<br />
NEW ZEALAND 6 0 0 17 2 18<br />
New Caledonia 4 0 2 17 6 12<br />
Tahiti 1 0 5 2 12 3<br />
Solomon Islands 1 0 5 5 21 3<br />
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ASIA (AFC) 4.5 places<br />
ROUND 1<br />
Afghanistan 0–2 Palestine<br />
Palestine 1–1 Afghanistan<br />
Palestine win on aggregate 3–1<br />
Bangladesh 3–0 Pakistan<br />
Pakistan 0–0 Bangladesh<br />
Bangladesh win on aggregate 3–0<br />
Cambodia 4–2 Laos<br />
Laos 6–2 Cambodia<br />
Laos win on aggregate 8–6<br />
Malaysia 2–1 Chinese Taipei<br />
Chinese Taipei 3–2 Malaysia<br />
Malaysia win on away goals rule<br />
Mongolia 1–0 Myanmar<br />
Myanmar 2–0 Mongolia<br />
Myanmar win on aggregate 2–1<br />
Nepal 2–1 Timor-Leste<br />
Timor-Leste 0–5 Nepal<br />
Nepal win on aggregate 7–1<br />
Sri Lanka 1–1 Philippines<br />
Philippines 4–0 Sri Lanka<br />
Philippines win on aggregate 5–1<br />
Vietnam 6–0 Macau<br />
Macau 1–7 Vietnam<br />
Vietnam win on aggregate 13–1<br />
ROUND 2<br />
China 7–2 Laos<br />
Laos 1–6 China<br />
China win on aggregate 13–3<br />
Iran 4–0 Maldives<br />
Maldives 0–1 Iran<br />
Iran win on aggregate 5–0<br />
Iraq 2–0 Yemen<br />
Yemen 0–0 Iraq<br />
Iraq win on aggregate 2–0<br />
Jordan 9–0 Nepal<br />
Nepal 1–1 Jordan<br />
Jordan win on aggregate 10–1<br />
Kuwait 3–0 Philippines<br />
Philippines 1–2 Kuwait<br />
Kuwait win on aggregate 5–1<br />
Lebanon 4–0 Bangladesh<br />
Bangladesh 2–0 Lebanon<br />
Lebanon win on aggregate 4–2<br />
Oman 3–0 Myanmar<br />
Myanmar 0–2 Oman<br />
Oman win on aggregate 5–0<br />
Qatar 3–0 Vietnam<br />
Vietnam 2–1 Qatar<br />
Qatar win on aggregate 4–2<br />
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Hong Kong<br />
Hong Kong 0–5 Saudi Arabia<br />
Saudi Arabia win on aggregate 8–0<br />
Singapore 5–3 Malaysia<br />
Malaysia 1–1 Singapore<br />
Singapore win on aggregate 6–4<br />
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Syria 0–3 Tajikistan<br />
Tajikistan 3–0 Syria<br />
Tajikistan win on aggregate 6–0<br />
Thailand 1–0 Palestine<br />
Palestine 2–2 Thailand<br />
Thailand win on aggregate 3–2<br />
Turkmenistan 1–1 Indonesia<br />
Indonesia 4–3 Turkmenistan<br />
Indonesia win on aggregate 5–4<br />
United Arab Emirates 3–0 India<br />
India 2–2 United Arab Emirates<br />
UAE win on aggregate 5–2<br />
Uzbekistan 4–0 Kyrgyzstan<br />
Kyrgyzstan 0–3 Uzbekistan<br />
Uzbekistan win on aggregate 7–0<br />
ROUND 3<br />
Group A<br />
Iraq 7–1 Singapore<br />
China 3–1 Jordan<br />
Singapore 0–4 China<br />
Jordan 1–3 Iraq<br />
Jordan 2–0 Singapore<br />
Iraq 1–0 China<br />
China 0–1 Iraq<br />
Singapore 0–3 Jordan<br />
Singapore 0–2 Iraq<br />
Jordan 2–1 China<br />
China 2–1 Singapore<br />
Iraq 0–2 Jordan<br />
W D L F A Pts<br />
IRAQ 5 0 1 14 4 15<br />
JORDAN 4 0 2 11 7 12<br />
China 3 0 3 10 6 9<br />
Singapore 0 0 6 2 20 0<br />
Group B<br />
Korea Republic 2–0 Kuwait<br />
United Arab Emirates 4–2 Lebanon<br />
Kuwait 2–1 United Arab Emirates<br />
Lebanon 2–1 Korea Republic<br />
Kuwait 0–1 Lebanon<br />
United Arab Emirates 0–2 Korea Rep.<br />
Korea Rep. 2–1 United Arab Emirates<br />
Lebanon 2–2 Kuwait<br />
Kuwait 1–1 Korea Republic<br />
Lebanon 3–1 United Arab Emirates<br />
Korea Republic 6–0 Lebanon<br />
United Arab Emirates 2–3 Kuwait<br />
KOREA REP.. 4 1 1 14 4 13<br />
LEBANON 3 1 2 10 14 10<br />
Kuwait 2 2 2 8 9 8<br />
United Arab Em.1 0 5 9 14 3<br />
Group C<br />
Japan 0–1 Uzbekistan<br />
Tajikistan 1–1 Korea DPR<br />
Uzbekistan 3–0 Tajikistan<br />
Korea DPR 1–0 Japan<br />
Uzbekistan 1–0 Korea DPR<br />
Tajikistan 0–4 Japan<br />
Japan 8–0 Tajikistan<br />
Korea DPR 0–1 Uzbekistan<br />
Uzbekistan 1–1 Japan<br />
Korea DPR 1–0 Tajikistan<br />
Japan 1–0 Korea DPR<br />
Tajikistan 0–1 Uzbekistan<br />
UZBEKISTAN 5 1 0 8 1 16<br />
JAPAN 3 1 2 14 3 10<br />
Korea Dpr 2 1 3 3 4 7<br />
Tajikistan 0 1 5 1 18 1<br />
Group D<br />
Australia 4–2 Saudi Arabia<br />
Oman 2–0 Thailand<br />
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Oman<br />
Thailand 0–1 Australia<br />
Saudi Arabia 3–0 Thailand<br />
Oman 1–0 Australia<br />
Australia 3–0 Oman<br />
Thailand 0–0 Saudi Arabia<br />
Saudi Arabia 1–3 Australia<br />
Thailand 3–0 Oman<br />
Australia 2–1 Thailand<br />
Oman 0–0 Saudi Arabia<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 5 0 1 13 5 15<br />
OMAN 2 2 2 3 6 8<br />
Saudi Arabia 1 3 2 6 7 6<br />
Thailand 1 1 4 4 8 4<br />
Group E<br />
Iran 2–2 Qatar<br />
Bahrain 10–0 Indonesia<br />
Qatar 0–0 Bahrain<br />
Indonesia 1–4 Iran<br />
Qatar 4–0 Indonesia<br />
Bahrain 1–1 Iran<br />
Iran 6–0 Bahrain<br />
Indonesia 2–3 Qatar<br />
Qatar 1–1 Iran<br />
Indonesia 0–2 Bahrain<br />
Bahrain 0–0 Qatar<br />
Iran 3–0 Indonesia<br />
IRAN 3 3 0 17 5 12<br />
Q<strong>AT</strong>AR 2 4 0 10 5 10<br />
Bahrain 2 3 1 13 7 9<br />
Indonesia 0 0 6 3 26 0<br />
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ASIA (AFC) continued<br />
ROUND 4<br />
Group A<br />
Korea Republic 0–1 Iran<br />
Uzbekistan 5–1 Qatar<br />
Korea Republic 1–0 Uzbekistan<br />
Iran 4–0 Lebanon<br />
Lebanon 1–1 Korea Republic<br />
Qatar 0–1 Iran<br />
Korea Republic 2–1 Qatar<br />
Uzbekistan 1–0 Lebanon<br />
Iran 0–1 Uzbekistan<br />
Qatar 1–0 Lebanon<br />
Iran 1–0 Korea Republic<br />
Qatar 0–1 Uzbekistan<br />
Uzbekistan 2–2 Korea Republic<br />
Lebanon 1–0 Iran<br />
Korea Republic 3–0 Lebanon<br />
Iran 0–0 Qatar<br />
Qatar 1–4 Korea Republic<br />
Lebanon 1–1 Uzbekistan<br />
Lebanon 0–1 Qatar<br />
Uzbekistan 0–1 Iran<br />
IRAN 5 1 2 8 2 16<br />
KOREA REPUBLIC 4 2 2 13 7 14<br />
UZBEKISTAN 4 2 2 11 6 14<br />
Qatar 2 1 5 5 13 7<br />
Lebanon 1 2 5 3 12 5<br />
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Group B<br />
Australia 1–0 Iraq<br />
Jordan 1–0 Oman<br />
Australia 4–0 Jordan<br />
Iraq 0–1 Japan<br />
Japan 1–1 Australia<br />
Oman 1–0 Iraq<br />
Australia 2–2 Oman<br />
Jordan 2–1 Japan<br />
Iraq 1–0 Jordan<br />
Oman 1–2 Japan<br />
Iraq 1–2 Australia<br />
Oman 2–1 Jordan<br />
Japan 1–0 Iraq<br />
Jordan 2–1 Australia<br />
Australia 1–1 Japan<br />
Iraq 1–1 Oman<br />
Japan 6–0 Jordan<br />
Oman 0–0 Australia<br />
Japan 3–0 Oman<br />
Jordan 1–1 Iraq<br />
JAPAN 5 2 1 16 5 17<br />
<strong>AUSTRALIA</strong> 3 4 1 12 7 13<br />
JORDAN 3 1 4 7 16 10<br />
Oman 2 3 3 7 10 9<br />
Iraq 1 2 5 4 8 5<br />
ROUND 5<br />
Jordan 1–1 Uzbekistan<br />
Uzbekistan 1–1 Jordan<br />
JORDAN win on penalties 9–8<br />
INTERCONTINENTAL<br />
PLAY-<strong>OF</strong>FS<br />
Mexico (CONCACAF 4th) v<br />
New Zealand (<strong>OF</strong>C 1st):<br />
Mexico 5–1 New Zealand<br />
New Zealand 2–4 Mexico<br />
MEXICO win on aggregate 9–3<br />
Jordan (AFC 5th) v<br />
Uruguay (CONMEBOL 5th):<br />
Jordan 0–5 Uruguay<br />
Uruguay 0–0 Jordan<br />
URUGUAY win on aggregate 5–0<br />
EUROPE<br />
Belgium<br />
Italy<br />
Germany<br />
Netherlands<br />
Switzerland<br />
Russia<br />
Bosnia & Herzegovina<br />
England<br />
Spain<br />
France<br />
Greece<br />
Portugal<br />
Croatia<br />
<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> QUALIFIED COUNTRIES<br />
SOUTH AMERICA<br />
Brazil (host)<br />
Argentina<br />
Colombia<br />
Chile<br />
Ecuador<br />
Uruguay<br />
NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA<br />
United States<br />
Costa Rica<br />
Honduras<br />
Mexico<br />
AFRICA<br />
Algeria<br />
Cote d’Ivoire<br />
Nigeria<br />
Ghana<br />
Cameroon<br />
ASIA<br />
Iran<br />
Korea Republic<br />
Japan<br />
Australia<br />
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<strong>2014</strong> <strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> DIARY<br />
Aust. time<br />
16-May Pre-World Cup camp, Gosford<br />
17-May Pre-World Cup camp, Gosford<br />
18-May Pre-World Cup camp, Gosford<br />
19-May Pre-World Cup camp, Gosford<br />
20-May Pre-World Cup camp, Gosford<br />
21-May Pre-World Cup camp, Gosford<br />
22-May Pre-World Cup camp, Sydney<br />
23-May Pre-World Cup camp, Sydney<br />
24-May Pre-World Cup camp, Sydney<br />
25-May Pre-World Cup camp, Sydney<br />
26-May Australia v South Africa, Sydney<br />
27-May Pre-World Cup camp, Sydney<br />
28-May Travel to Brazil<br />
Brazil time<br />
29-May World Cup base camp, Vitoria(Arena Unimed Sicoob)<br />
30-May World Cup base camp, Vitoria<br />
31-May World Cup base camp, Vitoria<br />
01-June World Cup base camp, Vitoria<br />
02-June Training game v Parana Club Curitiba, Cariacica<br />
03-June World Cup camp. 23-player squad announced<br />
04-June World Cup base camp, Vitoria<br />
05-June World Cup base camp, Vitoria<br />
06-June Australia v Croatia, Salvador [7-June Aust.time]<br />
07-June World Cup base camp, Vitoria<br />
08-June World Cup base camp, Vitoria<br />
09-June World Cup base camp, Vitoria<br />
10-June World Cup base camp, Vitoria<br />
11-June World Cup base camp, Vitoria<br />
<strong>FIFA</strong> <strong>WORLD</strong> <strong>CUP</strong> Group stage<br />
12-June Brazil v Croatia (Group A)<br />
13-June Mexico v Cameroon (Group A)<br />
Spain v Netherlands (Group B)<br />
Chile v Australia (Group B) [14-Jun Aust. time]<br />
14-June Colombia v Greece (Group C)<br />
Uruguay v Costa Rica (Group D)<br />
England v Italy (Group D)<br />
Ivory Coast v Japan (Group C)<br />
15-June Switzerland v Ecuador (Group E)<br />
France v Honduras (Group E)<br />
Argentina v Bosnia & Herzegovina (Group F)<br />
16-June Germany v Portugal (Group G)<br />
Iran v Nigeria (Group F)<br />
Ghana v United States (Group G)<br />
17-June Belgium v Algeria (Group H)<br />
Brazil v Mexico (Group A)<br />
Russia v Korea Republic (Group H)<br />
18-June Australia v Netherlands (Group B) [19-June Aust.]<br />
Spain v Chile (Group B)<br />
Cameroon v Croatia (Group A)<br />
19-June Colombia v Ivory Coast (Group C)<br />
Uruguay v England (Group D)<br />
Japan v Greece (Group C)<br />
20-June Italy v Costa Rica (Group D)<br />
Switzerland v France (Group E)<br />
Honduras v Ecuador (Group E)<br />
Brazil time<br />
21-June Argentina v Iran (Group F)<br />
Germany v Ghana (Group G)<br />
Nigeria v Bosnia & Herzegovina (Group F)<br />
22-June Belgium v Russia (Group H)<br />
Korea Republic v Algeria (Group H)<br />
United States v Portugal (Group G)<br />
23-June Netherlands v Chile (Group B)<br />
Australia v Spain (Group B) [24 June Aust.]<br />
Cameroon v Brazil (Group A)<br />
Croatia v Mexico (Group A)<br />
24-June Italy v Uruguay (Group D)<br />
Costa Rica v England (Group D)<br />
Japan v Colombia (Group C)<br />
Greece v Ivory Coast (Group C)<br />
25-June Nigeria v Argentina (Group F)<br />
Bosnia & Herzegovina v Iran (Group F)<br />
Honduras v Switzerland (Group E)<br />
Ecuador v France (Group E)<br />
26-June Portugal v Ghana (Group G)<br />
United States v Germany (Group G)<br />
Korea Republic v Belgium (Group H)<br />
Algeria v Russia (Group H)<br />
27-June Rest day<br />
Round of sixteen<br />
28-June Winner A v Runner-up B (Round of 16–1)<br />
Winner C v Runner-up D (Round of 16–2)<br />
29-June Winner B v Runner-up A (Round of 16–3)<br />
Winner D v Runner-up C (Round o f16–4)<br />
30-June Winner E v Runner-up F (Round of 16–5)<br />
Winner G v Runner-up H (Round of 16–6)<br />
01-July Winner F v Runner-up E (Round of 16–7)<br />
Winner H v Runner-up G (Round of 16–8)<br />
02-July Rest day<br />
03-July Rest day<br />
Quarter-finals<br />
04-July Rnd of 16–5 v Rnd of 16–6 (Quarter-final 1)<br />
Rnd of 16–1 v Rnd of 16–2 (Quarter-final 2)<br />
05-July Rnd of 16–3 v Rnd of 16–4 (Quarter-final 3)<br />
Rnd of 16–7 v Rnd of 16–8 (Quarter-final 4)<br />
06-July Rest day<br />
07-July Rest day<br />
Semi-finals<br />
08-July QF1 winner v QF2 winner (Semi-final 1)<br />
09-July QF3 winner v QF4 winner (Semi-final 2)<br />
10-July Rest day<br />
11-July Rest day<br />
12-July<br />
13-July<br />
Play-off for third place<br />
SF1 loser v SF2 loser<br />
Final<br />
SF1 winner v SF2 winner [14 Jul Aust.]<br />
Australian (eastern standard) time = Brazil eastern time +13hrs<br />
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